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What (who) is twiddle one"s thumbs - definition
HAND GESTURE INDICATING APPROVAL
Thumbs-up; Thumbs-down; Thumbs down; Thumbs up (gesture); Thumbs up thumbs down; Thumbs Up; Thumbs Down; Thumbs up; 👍; 👎; Thumbs Signal; 🖒; 🖓; (y); (n); Thumbs signal; 👍🏻; 👍🏼; 👍🏽; 👍🏾; 👍🏿; 👎🏻; 👎🏼; 👎🏽; 👎🏾; 👎🏿; Thumb's up; Thumb's down; Thumbs-up sign
![Buddhist]] monk giving the common thumb sign of approval](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beijing bouddhist monk 2009 IMG 1486.JPG?width=200 "Buddhist]] monk giving the common thumb sign of approval")
![A typical [[hitchhiker]]'s thumb gesture](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hitchhiker's gesture.jpg?width=200 "A typical [[hitchhiker]]'s thumb gesture")
![Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]] is one of the sources of the "thumbs down" gesture in modern [[popular culture]], but is not based on historical data from Ancient Rome.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg?width=200 "Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]] is one of the sources of the \"thumbs down\" gesture in modern [[popular culture]], but is not based on historical data from Ancient Rome.")
twiddle
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Twiddling; Twiddle (disambiguation)
¦ verb
1. play or fiddle with, typically in a purposeless or nervous way.
2. archaic turn or move in a twirling way.
¦ noun
1. an act of twiddling.
2. a rapid or intricate series of musical notes.
Phrases
twiddle one's thumbs have nothing to do.
Derivatives
twiddler noun
twiddly adjective
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'trifle'): appar. imitative, combining twirl or twist with fiddle.
Twiddle
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Twiddling; Twiddle (disambiguation)
twiddle
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Twiddling; Twiddle (disambiguation)
(twiddles, twiddling, twiddled)
1.
If you twiddle something, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers.
He twiddled a knob on the dashboard...
She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.
VERB: V n, V with n
2.
Wikipedia
Thumb signal
A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward or downward in approval or disapproval, respectively. These gestures have become metaphors in English: "The audience gave the movie the thumbs-up" means that the audience approved of the movie, regardless of whether the gesture was made.
