tweedle
Americanverb (used without object)
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to produce high-pitched, modulated sounds, as a singer, bird, or musical instrument.
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to perform lightly upon a musical instrument.
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of tweedle
First recorded in 1675–85; imitative
Example Sentences
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“I’ll miss the living tweedle out of chatting with the many friends I made there about plants, dogs, life and everything gardening.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Gorey admires O’Hara’s ease, how he would “sit down and tweedle, tweedle, tweedle, write another three-page poem, then off to the movies.”
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022
The segment turned out quite funny, yet informative, and when the programing director saw it, he surprised the living tweedle out of Meeghan by asking her to do a show with me.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2018
In May, when it’s in full bloom with long, hanging, fragrant flowers, I definitely love the tweedle out of it.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2018
Chloe and Gui can stay together forever, embracing in a paper heart while songbirds tweedle the flippin’ dee-dee.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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