twiddled
past simple and past participle oftwiddle
twiddle
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈtwɪd.əl/us/ˈtwɪd.əl/tomovesomethingrepeatedlybetweenyourfingers,especiallywithout anypurpose:
She was twiddling(with)apencil/herhair.
Twiddleadial/knobon aradioin thecityand you mayhearvoicesspeakingSpanish,Chinese,Portuguese, orRussian.
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- around
- around and aroundidiom
- backspin
- birl
- centrifugal
- circuit
- revolve
- revolving
- rotary
- rotate
- rotation
- span
- spin
- swim
- swing
- twirl
- twirling
- twirly
- underspin
- wheel round
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Touching & feeling
Idiom
twiddleyourthumbs
Examplesoftwiddled
twiddled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This is a simple thing, but for ten years, we have sat andtwiddledour thumbs.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
French spindles aretwiddledbetween the fingers of one hand instead.
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