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 Definitions of twiddle  [ˈtwɪd l]  

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Definition of 'twiddle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) twiddle
to turn about or play with lightly or idly, esp. with the fingers; twirl.

2. (v.i.) twiddle
to play or trifle idly with something; fiddle.

3.  twiddle
to turn about lightly; twirl.

4. (n.) twiddle
the act of twiddling; turn; twirl.

5.  twiddle
twiddle one's thumbs, to do nothing; be idle.

Etymology:  (1530–40; perh. b. twitch and fiddle)

Definition of 'twiddle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) twiddle
a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns

2. (verb) twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
"The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

3. (verb) twiddle, fiddle with
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
"He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview"


Definition of 'twiddle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) twiddle
a slight twist with the fingers

2. (noun) twiddle
a pimple

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

4. (verb) twiddle
to play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles


Definitions of 'twiddle' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  twiddle
1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, ~). Also called squiggle, sqiggle (sic — pronounced /skig´l/), and twaddle, but twiddle is the most common term.

2. A small and insignificant change to a program. Usually fixes one bug and generates several new ones (see also shotgun debugging).

3. vt. To change something in a small way. Bits, for example, are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or knobs implies much less sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see frobnicate. To speak of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; ‘toggling a bit’ has a more specific meaning (see bit twiddling, toggle). 4. Uncommon name for the twirling baton prompt.


Translation of 'twiddle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to twist (something) round and round
He twiddled the knob on the radio.

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