twiddle

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Will my toes be all a-twiddle, to remind me the pain's there?

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  1. transitive verb To turn over or around idly or lightly; fiddle with: "Couples are twiddling swizzle sticks while waiting for their tables” (Bryan Miller).
  2. intransitive verb To trifle with something.
  3. intransitive verb To be busy about trifles.
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  • If he recognized Nestros as Great King of the Trygath, it might legitimize him in the eyes of his people, but it wouldn't mean twiddle-dum to the Five Great Kingdoms, none of whom even recognized Hos-Hostigos. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • Because, being compared with twiddle-dee and twiddle-dumb wouldn't be as flattering. lol Come on!! —  Home
  • After all, it's tough to bounce about saying "twiddle-dee-dee" and focusing exclusively on Ned Lamont while Katyushas are falling by the hundreds on Northern Israel and the United Nations has worked itself into a lather over Israel's purportedly disproportionate response. —  Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
  • 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. —  YBW News
  • If schools were accountable for results, you'd hear a lot less twiddle-twaddle about —  kitchen table math, the sequel
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Possibly blend of twist and fiddle.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Formerly also twidle, also tweedle; origin obscure. Cf. quiddle.
  2. from twiddle, v.
 

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/ˈtwɪdl/
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