English-Thai Dictionary

twiddle

N การล้อเล่น  ka-lor-len

 

twiddle

VI ล้อเล่น  กระดิก เล่น  fiddle tamper lor-len

 

twiddle

VI หมุน กลับไปกลับมา  บิด เล่น  หมุน เล่น  muan-kab-pia-kab-ma

 

twiddle

VT ล้อเล่น  กระดิก เล่น  fiddle tamper lor-len

 

twiddle

VT หมุน กลับไปกลับมา  บิด เล่น  หมุน เล่น  muan-kab-pia-kab-ma

 

twiddle one's thumbs

IDM ฆ่าเวลา ด้วย การ กระดิก นิ้ว เล่น  ka-we-la-duai-kan-kra-dik-nil-len

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TWIDDLE

Twid "dle, v. t. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Tweedle. ]

 

Defn: To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle. ] Thackeray.

 

TWIDDLE

TWIDDLE Twid "dle, v. i.

 

Defn: To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. Halliwell.

 

TWIDDLE

TWIDDLE Twid "dle, n.

 

1. A slight twist with the fingers.

 

2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

twiddle

twid dle |ˈtwidl ˈtwɪdl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] twist, move, or fiddle with (something ), typically in a purposeless or nervous way: she twiddled the dials on the radio | [ no obj. ] : he began twiddling with the curtain cord. • [ no obj. ] archaic turn or move in a twirling way. ▶noun an act of twisting or fiddling with something: one twiddle of a button. PHRASES twiddle one's thumbs rotate one's thumbs around each other with the fingers linked together. • be bored or idle because one has nothing to do. DERIVATIVES twid dler |ˈtwidlər, ˈtwidl-ər |noun, twid dly |ˈtwidlē, ˈtwidl-ē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘trifle ’): apparently imitative, combining the notion twirl or twist with that of trifling action expressed by fiddle .

 

Oxford Dictionary

twiddle

twid ¦dle |ˈtwɪd (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] twist, move, or fiddle with (something ), typically in a purposeless or nervous way: she twiddled the dials on the radio | [ no obj. ] : he began twiddling with the curtain cord. • [ no obj. ] archaic turn or move in a twirling way. ▶noun an act of twisting or fiddling with something: one twiddle of a button. • a twisted or curled mark or design: twiddles and twirls. • a rapid or intricate series of musical notes: gay little twiddles from the clarinet. PHRASES twiddle one's thumbs rotate one's thumbs round each other with the fingers linked together. • be bored or idle because one has nothing to do. DERIVATIVES twiddler noun, twiddly adjective ( twiddlier, twiddliest ) ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘trifle ’): apparently imitative, combining the notion twirl or twist with that of trifling action expressed by fiddle .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

twiddle

twiddle verb she twiddled the dials: turn, twist, swivel, twirl; adjust, move, jiggle; fiddle with, play with. PHRASES twiddle one's thumbs don't just sit there twiddling your thumbs: be idle, do nothing, kill time, waste time, hang around, stand /sit around; informal futz around.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

twiddle

twiddle verb she twiddled the dials on the radio: turn, twist, swivel, twirl, adjust, move, jiggle; fiddle with, play with, toy with, fidget with. PHRASES twiddle one's thumbs we've been sitting here twiddling our thumbs all afternoon: have nothing to do, kick one's heels, do nothing, be idle, be unoccupied, sit around, kill time, waste time; informal hang around /round; Brit. informal hang about.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

twiddle

twid dle /twɪ́d (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 …をくるくる回す ; …をいじる .自動詞 1 «…を » いじる, もてあそぶ «with » .2 くるくる回る .名詞 U 〖しばしばa ～〗くるくる回す [ひねる ]こと .tw ì ddle one's th ú mbs 暇で時間を持て余す ; (することがなくて )両手を組んで親指をくるくる回す .tw í d dler 名詞