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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To turn over or around idly or lightly; fiddle with: "Couples are twiddling swizzle sticks while waiting for their tables” ( Bryan Miller).
  2. v. To trifle with something.
  3. v. To be busy about trifles.
  4. v. To twirl or rotate without purpose.
  5. n. The act or an instance of twiddling.
  6. idiom. twiddle (one's) thumbs To do little or nothing; be idle.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To twirl idly; hence, to fiddle or play with.
  2. To move or propel by repeated light touches.
  3. To twirl; revolve.
  4. To play or trifle with something, as by touching or handling; toy.
  5. To be busy about trifles; quiddle.
  6. n. A slight twirl with the fingers.
  7. n. A pimple.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
  2. v. transitive, computing To flip or switch two adjacent bits.
  3. v. transitive, mathematics To be in an equivalence relation with.
  4. n. A slight twist with the fingers.
  5. n. UK, dialect A pimple.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl
  2. v. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
  3. n. A slight twist with the fingers.
  4. n. Prov. Eng. A pimple.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  2. n. a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
  3. v. manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner

Etymologies

  1. Possibly blend of twist and fiddle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (6)

Words with the same meaning

  1. tweedle
  1. twirl
  1. pimple
  1. wiggle
  1. fiddle
  1. play

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. rotate
  1. revolve
  1. go-around
  1. turn
  1. twist
  1. manipulate

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Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Biddle
  1. Piddle
  1. fiddle
  1. kiddle
  1. middle
  1. piddle
  1. riddle
  1. widdle

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  1. twidle
  1. twiddle
  1. tweedle
  1. twirl

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  1. pimple

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  • hernesheir A pimple. - old term from Suffolk recorded by Grose in his 1787 Provincial Glossary. May 3, 2011

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