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Word of the Day 07/11/16 Tweedle

Tweedle (verb)
tweedle [tweed-l]

verb (used without object), tweedled, tweedling.
1. to produce high-pitched, modulated sounds, as a singer, bird, or musical instrument.
2. to perform lightly upon a musical instrument.

verb (used with object), tweedled, tweedling.
3. to lure by or as by music: The Pied Piper tweedled the children into following him.

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Origin: 1675-85; imitative

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