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knob-twiddler

knob-twiddler noun: a technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.

Noun

knob-twiddler (plural knob-twiddlers)

  1. (informal) A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.
    • Mr. Telson was a confirmed knob-twiddler. Often he would work along the whole range of his radio, to 'see what he could get.'1949, Bernard Newman, Shoot!, page 207
    • If you're a dedicated knob twiddler what follows can hold no pleasure for you. If jumping doggedly up and down in constant conflict with the electronics of a TV set is your idea of an evening's bliss, then don't read on.1964 July 16, New Scientist, page 148

Forms of knob-twiddler

pluralknob-twiddlers
alternative formknob twiddler

Questions about knob-twiddler

What does knob-twiddler mean?
Knob-twiddler means a technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.
What part of speech is knob-twiddler?
Knob-twiddler is a noun.
What is the plural of knob-twiddler?
The plural of knob-twiddler is knob-twiddlers.

Words near knob-twiddler in the dictionary

  1. knob-jockeys
  2. knob-rash
  3. knob-rot
  4. knob-thatcher
  5. knob-thatchers
  6. knob-twiddler
  7. knob-twiddlers
  8. Knobbe
  9. knobbed
  10. knobbed whelk
  11. knobbed whelks

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