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Meanings of fiddle with in inglês

português
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Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner.

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Synonyms
Examples for "twiddle"
Examples for "twiddle"
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...
Usage of fiddle with in inglês
1
Having consumed the said sweet, she continued to fiddle with the paper.
The Irish Times
2
The longer you fiddle with your placement, the more tired you'll become.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
The worst thing admins could do was to fiddle with system security.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
4
Clemens nodded and walked across the room to fiddle with a readout.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
5
I'm not insulted. Brett watches him fiddle with things on the table.
A Hundred Thousand Worlds
6
I fiddle with my locket as they toss ideas back and forth.
Ice Like Fire
7
But it gnawed at him, and he continued to fiddle with experiments.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
8
The temptation to fiddle with prices, and why it should be resisted
Economics Without Illusions
9
Dee stood back and allowed William to fiddle with the key.
Corduroy mansions
10
To him Thea devoted herself and her fiddle with particular zest.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
11
I never fiddle with the brakes till the car starts down-hill.
The Leavenworth Case
12
Then she felt him stand up and start to fiddle with her handcuffs.
The perfect woman
13
Slower, yes, but so much more fun to fiddle with than a computer.
Wired
14
Now I don't have the time to fiddle with a hobby.
To catch a thief
15
He knows much of the South, and manipulates a fiddle with wonderful skill.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
16
Just check your wrist and fiddle with that cool Digital Crown.
Wired
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Translations for fiddle with
português
brincar com
Fiddle with through the time
Fiddle with across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare