What does knob-twiddler mean?
Knob-twiddler means (informal) A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs..
Knob-twiddler
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(informal) A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs..
Example Sentences
Mr. Telson was a confirmed knob-twiddler. Often he would work along the whole range of his radio, to 'see what he could get.'
If you're a dedicated knob twiddler what follows can hold no pleasure for you. If jumping doggedly up and down in constant conflict with the electronics of a TV set is your idea of an evening's bliss, then don't read on.
But long live the spirit of the amateur cameraman, the solo recording engineer, and the lonesome knob twiddler.
Recorded in 1995, 'Spaceman' had been hanging around unnoticed for a year when an ad agency knob-twiddler chanced upon it, or rather one very, very small part of it.
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- knob-twiddlers
- knob twiddler
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Mr. Telson was a confirmed knob-twiddler. Often he would work along the whole range of his radio, to 'see what he could get.'
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