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Tweedle vs Squawk - What's the difference?

tweedle | squawk |

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

* twidle

Verb

(tweedl)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) to twist
  • (Halliwell)
  • (obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
  • (obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
  • * Addison
  • A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
  • (mistakenly? ) to twiddle
  • Derived terms

    * Tweedledum and Tweedledee

    squawk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
  • *
  • The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
  • 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.