Past tense of twiddle
regular verb
The past tense of twiddle is twiddled. The past participle is also twiddled.
Forms of twiddle
| Base form (V1) | twiddle /ˈtwɪdəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | twiddled |
| Past participle (V3) | twiddled |
| Present participle | twiddling |
| Third person singular | twiddles |
Twiddled in a sentence
- She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
- The harder Small sang, the harder the cow chewed and the faster she twiddled her ears around as if stirring the song into the food to be rechewed in cud along with her breakfast.1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- He twiddled his thumbs for almost a week while he waited for somebody to set up his computer.From the entry twiddle one's thumbs
- He hummed a blithe San Salvador Opera Company tune; he grinned, smirked, bowed, pirouetted, twiddled, twaddled, twisted, and tooralooed.1917, William Sydney Porter, “The snow man”, in Waifs and strays, Doubleday, page 115. From the entry tooraloo
Meaning of twiddle
- verb To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- verb To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
- verb To be in an equivalence relation with.
Questions about the past tense of twiddle
- What is the past tense of twiddle?
- The past tense of twiddle is twiddled.
- What is the past participle of twiddle?
- The past participle of twiddle is twiddled.
- Is twiddle a regular or irregular verb?
- Twiddle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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