Twiddle

Quick meaning: Twiddle is a verb meaning (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.

Meaning

(transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
2. (transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
3. (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
4. A slight twist with the fingers.
5. A wiggling movement.
6. A small decorative embellishment.
7. A small musical flourish.

Example Sentences

She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.

He put away the receiver with a twiddle of pudgy fingers.

Instead, flagellar motion causes the bacterium to swim smoothly (called a run), then stop and tumble (a twiddle), followed by another period of smooth swimming

A raised white brow in my direction, and a twiddle of the pipe stem toward the trail indicated that his wife was at our house, if that's who I was looking for.

Word Forms

• twiddles
• twiddling
• twiddled

Synonyms for twiddle

Depending on context, synonyms include whirl, twirl, swirl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whirl, swirl, twirl, twaddle, fidget, twizzle.

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