verb, -dled, -dling, noun | 1. | to turn about or play with lightly or idly, esp. with the fingers; twirl. |
| 2. | to play or trifle idly with something; fiddle. |
| 3. | to turn about lightly; twirl. |
| 4. | the act of twiddling; turn; twirl. |
| 5. | twiddle one's thumbs, to do nothing; be idle: Business was slack, and the salespeople were twiddling their thumbs. |
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(1995-01-31)