Meaning & use

tweedle

verb·Advanced

To sing, whistle, or play a musical instrument with light, trilling, repetitive notes.

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The old fiddler would tweedle a cheerful tune outside the market every Saturday.

A canary tweedled softly from its cage by the window.

A note on using this word

Tweedle is an old, rare word most familiar today from the nursery-rhyme names Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Words with a similar meaning

trillwarble

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