tweedle

Definition

To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "“Neaw, owd lad,” said he, as he screwed, first one peg, then another, and tweedled over little fits of wailing prelude, to get the tones he wanted."
• "Hark, —his tortured catgut squals He tickles every string, to every note He bends his pliant neck.—The fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love."
• "A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service."