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Twiddle

noun

A series of small (usually idle) twists or turns.

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"Twiddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... fellows—some of 'em big enough to be shown for giants! And what have they to do? Why nothing, but to stand behind a counter, and talk civility. Yes, I know your notions; you say that everybody works too much: I know that. You'd have all the world do nothing half its time but twiddle its thumbs, or walk in the parks, or go to picture-galleries, and museums, and such nonsense. Very fine, indeed; but, thank goodness! the world isn't ...

— Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures • Douglas Jerrold

... have known it was a snipe unless Gould had told him, as it was the first he had ever seen alive. He tried to take aim at it, shutting the left eye as if he were shooting at a target with a rifle, which caused him to twiddle his gun about as if he were letting off a squib, for the bird darted about as though on purpose to dodge him. So he pulled one trigger, and then, quite by accident, for he did not know how to find it in his flurry, the other, and I don't suppose went within two ...

— Dr. Jolliffe's Boys • Lewis Hough

Words linked to "Twiddle" : revolve, twist, swirl, manipulate, rotate, twiddler, twirl, turn, fiddle with, whirl, go around