twiddle
[verb]
Synonyms: fiddle, fidget, play, trifle
[verb]
Synonyms: chat, babble, cackle, chatter, gab, gas, jaw, prattle, rattle, yak

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Related Idioms: twiddle around with
Related Words: finger, manipulate, palpate, monkey (with), toy (with)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

twid‧dle /ˈtwɪdl/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably copying the action]

1. twiddle your thumbs informal to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen:
Let’s go – there’s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.

2. to move or turn something around with your fingers many times, especially because you are nervous or bored
twiddle with
She was twiddling with her earrings.
—twiddle noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲