Meaning of "wheedle" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHEEDLE

Perhaps from German wedeln to wag one's tail, from Old High German wedil, wadil tail.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHEEDLE

wheedle  [ˈwiːdəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHEEDLE

Wheedle is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wheedle in English.

WHAT DOES WHEEDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wheedle

The Wheedle is the title character of a popular children's book by author Stephen Cosgrove. The character eventually evolved into a popular mascot generally associated with the city of Seattle.

Definition of wheedle in the English dictionary

The definition of wheedle in the dictionary is to persuade or try to persuade by coaxing words, flattery, etc. Other definition of wheedle is to obtain by coaxing and flattery.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHEEDLE

PRESENT

Present

I wheedle

you wheedle

he/she/it wheedles

we wheedle

you wheedle

they wheedle

Present continuous

I am wheedling

you are wheedling

he/she/it is wheedling

we are wheedling

you are wheedling

they are wheedling

Present perfect

I have wheedled

you have wheedled

he/she/it has wheedled

we have wheedled

you have wheedled

they have wheedled

Present perfect continuous

I have been wheedling

you have been wheedling

he/she/it has been wheedling

we have been wheedling

you have been wheedling

they have been wheedling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wheedled

you wheedled

he/she/it wheedled

we wheedled

you wheedled

they wheedled

Past continuous

I was wheedling

you were wheedling

he/she/it was wheedling

we were wheedling

you were wheedling

they were wheedling

Past perfect

I had wheedled

you had wheedled

he/she/it had wheedled

we had wheedled

you had wheedled

they had wheedled

Past perfect continuous

I had been wheedling

you had been wheedling

he/she/it had been wheedling

we had been wheedling

you had been wheedling

they had been wheedling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wheedle

you will wheedle

he/she/it will wheedle

we will wheedle

you will wheedle

they will wheedle

Future continuous

I will be wheedling

you will be wheedling

he/she/it will be wheedling

we will be wheedling

you will be wheedling

they will be wheedling

Future perfect

I will have wheedled

you will have wheedled

he/she/it will have wheedled

we will have wheedled

you will have wheedled

they will have wheedled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wheedling

you will have been wheedling

he/she/it will have been wheedling

we will have been wheedling

you will have been wheedling

they will have been wheedling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wheedle

you would wheedle

he/she/it would wheedle

we would wheedle

you would wheedle

they would wheedle

Conditional continuous

I would be wheedling

you would be wheedling

he/she/it would be wheedling

we would be wheedling

you would be wheedling

they would be wheedling

Conditional perfect

I would have wheedle

you would have wheedle

he/she/it would have wheedle

we would have wheedle

you would have wheedle

they would have wheedle

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wheedling

you would have been wheedling

he/she/it would have been wheedling

we would have been wheedling

you would have been wheedling

they would have been wheedling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wheedle
we let´s wheedle
you wheedle

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wheedle

Past participle

wheedled

Present Participle

wheedling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WHEEDLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wheedle» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of wheedle

cajole · charm · coax · court · draw · entice · flatter · inveigle · persuade · talk · worm

TRANSLATION OF WHEEDLE

Find out the translation of wheedle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wheedle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wheedle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 哄骗
• Translator English - Spanish: wheedle
• English: wheedle
• Translator English - Hindi: wheedle
• Translator English - Arabic: تملق
• Translator English - Russian: подлизываться
• Translator English - Portuguese: wheedle
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রতারিত করা
• Translator English - French: soutirer
• Translator English - Malay: Wheedle
• Translator English - German: beschwatzen
• Translator English - Japanese: wheedle
• Translator English - Korean: 감언 이설로 꾀다
• Translator English - Javanese: Wheedle
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dô nịnh
• Translator English - Tamil: இனியச் சொற்களால் ஏமாற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: चिडखोर
• Translator English - Turkish: dil dökmek
• Translator English - Italian: wheedle
• Translator English - Polish: wyjednać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підлизуватися
• Translator English - Romanian: linguși
• Translator English - Greek: wheedle
• Translator English - Afrikaans: flikflooien
• Translator English - Swedish: wheedle
• Translator English - Norwegian: wheedle

3 QUOTES WITH «WHEEDLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wheedle.

1

Hesiod

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

2

Sharon Horgan

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.

3

Walter Murch

You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEEDLE»

Discover the use of wheedle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wheedle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Wheedle on the Needle

A Wheedle goes to great lengths to prevent the people of Seattle from disturbing his sleep.

Stephen Cosgrove, 2009

Wheedle and the Noodle

Wheedle loves to live alone atop the Space Needle, but when he is awoken one night by the sound of meows, he has a chance to make a new friend.

Stephen Cosgrove, 2011

Tillie The Teller or The Great Bank Robbery

WHEEDLE: That won't be necessary. TlLLlE: Why, whatever do you mean, Mr. Wheedle? WHEEDLE: Ah, my child . . . l've led a lonely existence for many years. Now the time has come for me to retire and leave this fine little town. And l . . . well ...

Shubert Fendrich, 1964

Wheedle Plush Doll Large

" And so begins the children's classic story The Wheedle on the Needle by Stephen Cosgrove, illustrated by Robin James. Now kids can have their very own Wheedle plush doll, a cute and cuddly companion to the best-selling book.

Once upon a Toy (CRT), 2010

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Volume 3: The ...

Codger, father to Jack, and father-in-law2 to Beaufort Bob, son to Mrs. Voluble Women Cecilia Mrs. Sapient Mrs. Voluble Mrs. Wheedle, a milliner3 Miss Jenny, her apprentice Betty, maid to Mrs. Voluble ACT 1 (Scene, a milliner's shop.

Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, 2006

Serendipity Series Gr. 3-5

the Needle Hi Wheedle, Wheedle On a mountain high, You slept for many years Cause whistling hurt your ears., Read the story about Wheedle, a fat happy creature, who found out that any problem can be solved. Reading the Story: All the ...

Ruth Solski

The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and ...

WHEEDLE. Well, who'd have thought of that? Pray, Mrs. Betty, give me some bread. MRS. JENNY. Why, it is but a week ago thatI met him a driving his own whiskey.88 MRS. VOLUBLE. Ah, this is a sad world! A very sad world, indeed! Nothing ...

Brian Corman, 2013

An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and ...

TO WHEEDLE. To coax, to cajole, to gull, to employ such means of misleading as you would only make use of in regard to a weak-headed silly person, to gain or seduce to your purposes one whose capacity you are entitled to estimate at a ...

John Bellenden Ker, 1837

Backstage in the Novel: Frances Burney and the Theater Arts

the stage space, her words hypercodified by implicit kinesic and proxemic directions: Mrs. Wheedle. Won't you takea Chair, Mrs. Voluble? Mrs. Voluble.Why yes,thank you, ma'am;but there aresomany pretty littlethings to look atin your shop, ...

Francesca Saggini, 2012

English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order

Shalupcari. Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed 1 the shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is moru than equal to that task. Hurke . coarse, o. dross. TO COAX, WHEEDLE, CAJOLE, FAWN. COAX probably comes from ...

George Crabb, 1826

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHEEDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wheedle is used in the context of the following news items.

New Local App Delivers Dining Specials to Mobile Devices

The team behind the new app Wheedle (wheedleapp.com), launching this month, is aiming to make that process a little easier. By entering the date, number in ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Jul 15»

Don't know where to eat? Ask Wheedle

If Wheedle can convince Clevelanders to use the app it's about to launch, the chic restaurant Lago finally will have a way to target those people who sit around ... «Crain's Cleveland Business, Jun 15»

Businessman-turned-whistle-blower was a master at forcing change

They sifted through his mail, hijacked his trash, secretly recorded him, snooped into his finances and sent women with phony identities to try to wheedle ... «HeraldNet, May 15»

How I Long to Bribe, Wheedle and Cajole My Son Into Sports

"C'mon, Michael!" the soccer coach calls to my 6-year-old son during a game. "The team needs you!" My son sits on the sidelines happily smacking his action ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»

who's hiring in cle: wheedle, triple analytics and more

So Weston and his partners, Brian Stein and Evan Cooper developed the Wheedle app. Wheedle, or the process of persuading someone to do something or ... «freshwatercleveland, Feb 15»

Tech Czar Talk: Three Cleveland startup tech companies are …

The Wheedle application offers an interactive service for matching potential customers with merchants of dining and entertainment establishments. Essentially ... «The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, Nov 14»

Cleveland-based Wheedle company creates app to connect …

Cleveland, Ohio - Wheedle: To coax or persuade someone to do something. It's a little-used word these days, but a local startup wants to change that. The new ... «The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, Oct 14»

Spoon's 'They Want My Soul' is full of mesmerizing curves, accents

... Spoon's eighth studio release, "They Want My Soul," is a rock record to admire, and not just for the way its melodies and textures wheedle their way into the ... «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»

Here's A Taste Of A New Album That Salutes Seattle's Forgotten …

(Wheedle was the name of the Seattle Supersonics' mascot, another relic from back-in-the-day Seattle). Now there's a second compilation, "Wheedle's Groove ... «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Jul 14»

Auction website Wheedle to wind down

Mr Graham said in a media statement that he had supported Wheedle financially since its inception but had decided to move on. There would be a managed ... «3News NZ, Jul 14»