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Added 10 October 2026

tweedle

/ˈtwiːdəl/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tweedle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.
To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
To twiddle.

noun

A sound of the kind made by a fiddle.
A confidence trick in which fake jewellery is sold as genuine.

Origin

said to be imitative, probably influenced by wheedle. Compare teedle, toodle, twiddle

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