Dictionary entry

Twiddle one's thumbs

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Definition

twiddle /'twÇdl/ v ~ (with) sth (ဂနာမၿငိမ္) ကလိသည္၊ လွည့္ကာ လွည့္ကာ ေနသည္။ He twiddled with the radio knob until he found the right programme. ❍ She sat twiddling the ring on her finger. ❏ twiddle one's thumbs [ IDM ] (အခ်ိန္ျဖဳန္းရင္း) လက္မခ်င္း လွည့္ကစားသည္။ [ဥ] အခ်ိန္ျဖဳန္းသည္။ We sat around for hours drinking coffee and twiddling our thumbs. ❏ twiddly /'twÇdli/ adj ( infml ) ခဲကတ္ေသာ၊ လက္ေပါက္ ကတ္ေသာ (တီးကြက္ စသည္)။ a tricky piano piece with lots of twiddly bits.

Examples

  1. She twiddled a strand of her hair.
  2. [twiddle with] : He began twiddling with his pen.
  3. He twiddled the radio dial until he found a news programme.