twiddle

Speech parts

1. twiddle - Noun

2. twiddle - Verb

Meaning

To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

A pimple.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

twirl swirl whirl fiddle with potter paw doodle play move turn tinker putter feel handle touch

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Antonyms

do your best eat like a horse deal with concentrate on address oneself to apply ably on

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Hypernyms

turn rotate manipulate twist revolve go around

Phrases with the word

twiddle your thumbs twiddle one's thumbs twiddle thumbs twiddle twaddle twiddle bug

Examples

How can I just go and sit in the library or somewhere and twiddle my thumbs, knowing what's going to happen? I don't intend to do that, I promise you. Philip Pullman

A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan. Mel Brooks

He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview Source: Internet

The leaves swirled in the autumn wind Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

twict twiction twiddlable twiddle bug twiddle muff twiddle one's thumbs