"tweedle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \twiːdəl\ Forms: to tweedle [infinitive], tweedles [present, third-person, singular], tweedled [preterite], tweedled [participle, past], tweedling [participle, present]
  1. Jouer légèrement, sans gravité.
    Sense id: fr-tweedle-en-verb-dPmG-YeE Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais de la musique Topics: music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiddle Derived forms: tweedledum, Tweedledum and Tweedledee Related terms: twiddle

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’une onomatopée",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tweedledum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet",
      "word": "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "D’une onomatopée ; voir twiddle wheedle (« flatter »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to tweedle",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedled",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "twiddle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la musique",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Edwin Waugh, Tufts of Heather, 1881",
          "text": "“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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "William Bentley, The Diary of William Bentley D.D., 1905",
          "text": "Hark, —his tortured catgut squals\nHe tickles every string, to every note\nHe bends his pliant neck.—\nThe fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Jouer légèrement, sans gravité."
      ],
      "id": "fr-tweedle-en-verb-dPmG-YeE",
      "topics": [
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\twiːdəl\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fiddle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tweedle"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’une onomatopée",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tweedledum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet",
      "word": "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "D’une onomatopée ; voir twiddle wheedle (« flatter »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to tweedle",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedled",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tweedling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "twiddle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Lexique en anglais de la musique"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Edwin Waugh, Tufts of Heather, 1881",
          "text": "“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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "William Bentley, The Diary of William Bentley D.D., 1905",
          "text": "Hark, —his tortured catgut squals\nHe tickles every string, to every note\nHe bends his pliant neck.—\nThe fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love."
        }
      ],
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        "Jouer légèrement, sans gravité."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\twiːdəl\\"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "fiddle"
    }
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}

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