twiddle in English

noun
1
an act of twisting or fiddling with something.
one twiddle of a button
verb
1
twist, move, or fiddle with (something), typically in a purposeless or nervous way.
she twiddled the dials on the radio
synonyms:turntwistswiveltwirladjustmovejigglefiddle withplay with
verb

Use "twiddle" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "twiddle" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "twiddle", or refer to the context using the word "twiddle" in the English Dictionary.

1. 7 So must we sit back and twiddle our thumbs?

2. 1 Turn/Twiddle the little knob to adjust the volume.

3. 11 When we need you help, all you and twiddle you thumbs.

4. 3 You're not being paid to twiddle your thumbs all day, you know!

5. 9 The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.

6. 14 When we need you help, all you did was sit back and twiddle you thumbs.

7. 12 I sit twiddle my thumb wait for him to finish using the phone.

8. The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.

9. 5 The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.

10. 6 Don't twiddle your hair, pull your ears, scratch your face, nor rub your nose or chin.

11. 17 All I did to attract such attention was spread my fingers twiddle with my glitzy earings.

12. 10 All the critical twiddle - twaddle about style and form is mere impertinence and mostly dull jargon.

13. 3 Twiddle a dial/knob on a radio in Britain and you may hear more voices speaking crackly French or German than English.

14. 13 All I did to attract such attention was spread my fingers and twiddle with my glitzy earings.

15. We're sailors, after all, and we're trained to go to "sea", not sit alongside and twiddle our thumbs.

16. 16 E . g . I have got to be busy,(www.Sentencedict.com) I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.

17. 8 The data and twiddle factor address generation hardware is shown to have higher speed than previous methods.

18. But while that time passes, a smart Apologizer doesn’t just twiddle their fingers and wait for the TMZ headlines to blow over

19. 4 At the twiddle of a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area.

20. At the twiddle of a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area.

21. Twiddle a dial/knob on a radio in Britain and you may hear more voices speaking crackly French or German than English.

22. 2 Twiddle a dial/knob on a radio in Britain and you may hear more voices speaking crackly French or German than English.

23. 15 Sometime I get caught up in the middle of updating one page when I want to move onto the next and twiddle with that and come back to my update later.