twiddled Definition

twiddle
verb twiddled, twiddling

1. To twist something round and round.

Example: twiddle the knob on the radio
2. To play with or twist something round and round idly.

Example: She always twiddles her hair

noun

1. An act of twiddling.
2. A curly mark or ornamentation.

Derivative: twiddler
noun

Derivative: twiddling
adj, noun

Derivative: twiddly
adj

Idiom: twiddle one's thumbs

To move one's thumbs in a circular movement round and round each other, usually as a sign of boredom.

To have nothing to do.

Etymology: 16c: perhaps from twirl, twist, twitch, fiddle.