tweedle
Pipe a tune
Tweedle means to produce a series of light, high-pitched sounds—the sort of piping or warbling a bird or flute might make: Sparrows tweedled in the hedgerow.
The word is onomatopoeic and somewhat old-fashioned.
Tweedle can also mean to coax or wheedle.
The famous pair Tweedledee and Tweedledum suggests two things nearly indistinguishable from each other.
Sing with tremolo
- chirpShort, high avian sound
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- twitterSeries of high-pitched calls
- birdsongAvian musical vocalizations
songbird · sing · lilt · nightingale · thrush · finch · canary · sparrow
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- fluteTube blown sideways
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
melody · tune · note · play · tootle · piccolo · fife · woodwind
warble
Sing with tremolo
birdsong · songbird · sing · lilt · nightingale · thrush · finch · canary · sparrow · vocalize
fiddle
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
whistle · melody · tune · note · play · tootle · piccolo · fife · woodwind · reed
cajole
Persuade through flattery
entice · flatter · sweet-talk · beguile · coax · inveigle · blandish · soft-soap
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
lighthearted · Carroll · absurd · childish · frivolous · caprice · droll · antic