Definitions
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- v. to twist
- v. To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
- v. To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
- v. to twiddle
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
- transitive v. To twist.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To handle lightly and idly; twiddle; fiddle with.
- To play on a fiddle or bagpipe.
- To wheedle; coax.
- To wriggle; twist one's self about.
- n. A sound such as is made by a fiddle.
- n. [The words tweedledum and tweedledee are humorous expansions of tweedle, used together to indicate distinctions that are almost imperceptible.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. play negligently on a musical instrument
- v. entice through the use of music
- v. sing in modulation
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Examples
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CA & NV need to recall tweedle dee umb & tweedle dumber.
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My goodness – what will "tweedle dee and tweedle dumb" say this time?
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I listen to my dog pant, to the birds tweedle, to the rain outside my window.
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So because some racists might refuse to take something like intent into account (a necessary element of murder, not necessarily “stating” it like tweedle-dee tomemos suggests) therefore we should apply the same standard in this case?
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"Cover your tweedle, save the American burying beetle."
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But who would really stand up for that poor, insolent tweedle brain?
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This assumes that this woman has built a multi-neighborhood, multi-racial coalition; that she has a rainbow coalition of campaign leaders who have organized a powerful field operation; that she has a message that motivates and turns out women voters who see tweedle dum and tweedle dee in the male candidates.
Rebecca Sive: How a Woman Wins the Race to Replace Mayor Daley
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The doctor came and added a really bad drawing of what I think is tweedle-dum, but it could be tweedle-dee.
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He used to follow tweedle dee and tweedle dum on AM KFI radio and was always worth listening to.
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The cats looked good but the white rabbit and tweedle dum and tweedle dee didn't.
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