Twiddle

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  • intransitive verb. To turn over or around idly or lightly; fiddle with.
  • intransitive verb. To trifle with something.
  • intransitive verb. To be busy about trifles.
  • intransitive verb. To twirl or rotate without purpose.
  • noun. The act or an instance of twiddling.
  • idiom. (twiddle (one's) thumbs) To do little or nothing; be idle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To twirl idly; hence, to fiddle or play with.
  • To move or propel by repeated light touches.
  • To twirl; revolve.
  • To play or trifle with something, as by touching or handling; toy.
  • To be busy about trifles; quiddle.
  • noun. A slight twirl with the fingers.
  • noun. A pimple.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
  • transitive verb. To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl
  • noun. A slight twist with the fingers.
  • noun. A pimple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
  • verb. To flip or switch two adjacent bits.
  • verb. To be in an equivalence relation with.
  • noun. A slight twist with the fingers.
  • noun. A pimple.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  • noun. a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
  • verb. manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
  • Word Usage
    "On the back of the trim display are two adjusting screws (difficult to see but one is coloured blue) Which one do I 'twiddle' to make the adjustment."
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