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twiddles

twiddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twiddle.

Meaning of twiddle

Verb

twiddle (third-person singular simple present twiddles, present participle twiddling, simple past and past participle twiddled)

  1. (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
    • She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
  2. (transitive) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
  3. (transitive) To be in an equivalence relation with.
  4. (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

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Phrases with twiddles

Questions about twiddles

What is twiddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Twiddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twiddle.

Words near twiddles in the dictionary

  1. twiddled
  2. twiddled one's thumbs
  3. twiddler
  4. twiddler's syndrome
  5. twiddlers
  6. twiddles
  7. twiddles one's thumbs
  8. twiddlesome
  9. twiddlier
  10. twiddliest
  11. twiddling

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