TWIDDLE


Meaning of TWIDDLE in English

v. & n.

v. 1 tr. & (foll. by with etc.) intr. twirl, adjust, or play randomly or idly. 2 intr. move twirlingly.

n. 1 an act of twiddling. 2 a twirled mark or sign. twiddle one's thumbs 1 make them rotate round each other. 2 have nothing to do. twiddler n. twiddly adj.

[ app. imit., after twirl, twist, and fiddle, piddle ]

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