Meaning

8 senses
  1. A slight twist with the fingers.

  2. A wiggling movement.

  3. A small decorative embellishment.

  4. A small musical flourish.

  5. A tilde.

  6. A drawn line that is curvy or twisted.

  7. A tiny bit.

  8. A tizzy.

More definitions
  • a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Stop twiddling your thumbs.

    ruХватит бить баклуши. — odexed

  2. Tom was twiddling his thumbs.

  3. Lusia was twiddling her thumbs.

    Люся плювала у стелю. — deniko

  4. So are you translating or twiddling your fingers?

    ruТак ты переводишь или ваньку валяешь? — Ooneykcall

    deNun, übersetzt du oder spielst du mit den Fingern? — Esperantostern

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  5. So are you translating or twiddling your thumbs?

    deAlso, übersetzt du jetzt oder drehst du nur Daumen? — brauchinet

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Origin

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of twirl, twist, or twitch; fiddle.

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of twirl, twist, or twitch; fiddle.

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Forms

plural: twiddles
Singulartwiddle
Pluraltwiddles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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