tweedle
Meanings
Plural: tweedles
Verb
- sing in modulation
- play negligently on a musical instrument
- entice through the use of music
- To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.
- To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
- To twiddle.
- To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
- To make a shrill or trilling sound
- To say in a high-pitched voice.
- To trifle or play.
- To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.
- To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
Noun
- A sound of the kind made by a fiddle.
- A confidence trick in which fake jewellery is sold as genuine.
Origin / Etymology
said to be imitative, probably influenced by wheedle. Compare teedle, toodle, twiddle
Scrabble Score: 11
tweedle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordtweedle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tweedle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
tweedle is a valid Words With Friends word