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twiddle your thumbs

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  • twiddle your thumbs — twiddle (your) thumbs to do nothing. Dan spent a whole day twiddling his thumbs, waiting for a package to be delivered …   New idioms dictionary

  • twiddle your thumbs — 1) to do nothing and feel impatient because you are waiting for something to happen There s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs. 2) to hold your hands together and move your thumbs around each other because you have nothing else to do …   English dictionary

  • twiddle your thumbs — …   Useful english dictionary

  • twiddle thumbs — twiddle (your) thumbs to do nothing. Dan spent a whole day twiddling his thumbs, waiting for a package to be delivered …   New idioms dictionary

  • twiddle — twid|dle [ twıdl ] verb 1. ) transitive to turn a switch on a piece of equipment or a machine: He twiddled the radio dial until he found a news program. 2. ) intransitive or transitive to twist or turn something in a bored or nervous way: She… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • twiddle — 1 verb (T) 1 also twiddle with to move or turn something around with your fingers many times, especially because you are bored 2 twiddle your thumbs informal a) to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen b) to join your fingers… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • twiddle — twid|dle [ˈtwıdl] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably copying the action] 1.) twiddle your thumbs informal to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen ▪ Let s go there s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • twiddle — UK [ˈtwɪd(ə)l] / US verb Word forms twiddle : present tense I/you/we/they twiddle he/she/it twiddles present participle twiddling past tense twiddled past participle twiddled 1) [intransitive/transitive] to twist or turn something in a bored or… …   English dictionary

  • twiddle — [[t]twɪ̱d(ə)l[/t]] twiddles, twiddling, twiddled 1) VERB If you twiddle something, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers. [V n] He twiddled a knob on the dashboard... [V with n] She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of… …   English dictionary

  • twiddle one's thumbs — {v. phr.} To do nothing; be idle. * /I d rather work than stand around here twiddling my thumbs./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • twiddle one's thumbs — {v. phr.} To do nothing; be idle. * /I d rather work than stand around here twiddling my thumbs./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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