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knob twiddler

knob twiddler is the alternative form of knob-twiddler.

Meaning of knob-twiddler

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

Forms of knob twiddler

pluralknob twiddlers

Questions about knob twiddler

What is knob twiddler the alternative form of?
Knob twiddler is the alternative form of knob-twiddler.

Words near knob twiddler in the dictionary

  1. knob mudalia
  2. knob of butter
  3. knob polisher
  4. knob polishers
  5. knob rot
  6. knob twiddler
  7. knob twiddlers
  8. knob-and-tube
  9. knob-end
  10. knob-ends
  11. knob-gobbler

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