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Cosa (chi) è twiddle - definizione
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Twiddling; Twiddle (disambiguation)
twiddle
¦ 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
(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
Twiddle
Twiddle or twiddling may refer to:
- Twiddle (band), an American rock band
- Twiddle factor, used in fast Fourier transforms in mathematics
- Thumb twiddling, action of the hands
- Twiddly bits, English idiom
- Tilde character ( ~ ), sometimes referred to as "twiddle" or "squiggle"
- Mr Twiddle, zookeeper character in Wally Gator animated TV series
Esempi dal corpus di testo per twiddle
1. You sit there, don‘t make a fuss, read a paper and twiddle your thumbs.
2. Why do our slow–witted special advisers twiddle their thumbs while websavvy idealists write their bosses‘ biographies?
3. Consultant gynaecologist David Penman said that he was left to "twiddle his thumbs" while patients were sent away because his hospital had run out of money.
4. "I am being paid to twiddle my thumbs and improve my crossword skills, while patients who could have been treated are kept waiting." David Penman Look here too...
5. Not one to ‘twiddle my thumbs’, he now runs a UK–based property business and charters his huge 13 million yacht on the side.