Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - twiddle
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Twiddle
twiddle
~1 v 1 also twiddle with to move or turn something around with your fingers many times, especially because you are bored 2 twiddle your thumbs informal a) to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen b) to join your fingers together and move your thumbs in a circle around each other, because you are bored - twiddle n ~2 n a small twist or turn, especially in a decorative pattern
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(twiddles, twiddling, twiddled) 1. If you twiddle something, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers. He twiddled a knob on the dashboard... She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag. VERB: V n, V with n 2. to twiddle your thumbs: see thumb ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; twiddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1540 intransitive verb 1. to play negligently with something ; fiddle 2. to turn or jounce lightly ~s round and round in the water — J. B. S. Haldane transitive verb to rotate lightly or idly ~d his pen II. noun Date: 1774 turn, twist ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & (foll. by with etc.) intr. twirl, adjust, or play randomly or idly. 2 intr. move twirlingly. --n. 1 an act of twiddling. 2 a twirled mark or sign. Phrases and idioms twiddle one's thumbs 1 make them rotate round each other. 2 have nothing to do. Derivatives twiddler n. twiddly adj. Etymology: app. imit., after twirl, twist, and fiddle, piddle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. верчение to give smth. a twiddle —- покрутить что-либо 2. завиток, украшение 3. трель; дрожание голоса 4. вертеть, крутить (бесцельно) 5. бездельничать, бить баклуши 6. дрожать (о голосе) Id: to twiddle one's thumbs —- лодырничать, бить баклуши ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) верчение 2) завиток, украшение 2. v. 1) вертеть, крутить (что-л.), играть (чем-л.) 2) бездельничать, бить баклуши (тж. twiddle ones thumbs) - twiddle with TWIDDLE with играть чем-то; крутить, вертеть; to twiddle with the watch-chain вертеть в руках цепочку от часов ...Англо-русский словарь
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