Tweedle vs Squawk - What's the difference?
tweedle | squawk |
(obsolete, UK, dialect) to twist
(obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
(obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
* Addison
(mistakenly? ) to twiddle
A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.
(aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
(aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
The American night heron.
To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
*
To speak out; to protest.
To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
(aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code.
As verbs the difference between tweedle and squawk
is that tweedle is (obsolete|uk|dialect) to twist while squawk is to make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.As a noun squawk is
a shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.tweedle
English
Alternative forms
* twidleVerb
(tweedl)- (Halliwell)
- A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
Derived terms
* Tweedledum and Tweedledeesquawk
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.