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Meanings of twiddle in English

Catalan
arremolinar-se

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion.

arremolinar-se
Portuguese
brincar com

Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner.

brincar com
Usage of twiddle in English
1
I stared down at my hand and tried to twiddle my fingers.
Dead beat
2
What can you do with four days except fret and thumb-twiddle?
The Wise Man’s Fear
3
Jackson hesitated and I saw his hands twiddle over his buttons.
Dogs of war
4
Periodically her hand would crawl down to my groin to tweak and twiddle.
Disciple of the dog
5
She had never been willing to sit and twiddle her thumbs.
White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calab...
6
Waiting the answer, he joined his hands, and began to twiddle his thumbs.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 10
7
The police aren't about to sit around and twiddle their thumbs.
Kafka on the Shore
8
Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum.
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
9
I shan't have to twiddle my thumbs long when my resignation is published.
Together
10
You're going to sit there and twiddle your thumbs until it gets fixed?
Snow Crash
11
And you-youblooming idiot-simplytwiddle your mustache and laugh at him!
The River's End
12
After the sights he would have to twiddle his thumbs until the joints cracked.
The Ragged Edge
13
Then I did remember more or less, while Hans continued to twiddle the hat.
The Ivory Child
14
And your plan is to twiddle your thumbs and watch the calendar with me?
The Book of Life
15
I s'pose a gentleman would sit down and twiddle his fingers, and do nothing.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
16
Far from God being needed to twiddle six knobs, there are no knobs to twiddle.
The god delusion
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Translations for twiddle
Portuguese
brincar com
Twiddle through the time