TWIDDLED

Verb

twiddled

simple past tense and past participle of twiddle

Source: Wiktionary


TWIDDLE

Twid"dle, v. t. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Tweedle.]

Definition: To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle.] Thackeray.

Twid"dle, v. i.

Definition: To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. Halliwell.

Twid"dle, n.

1. A slight twist with the fingers.

2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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