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1 twiddle factors
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > twiddle factors
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2 знак twiddle
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twiddle вчт.Русско-английский словарь по радиоэлектронике > бездельничать
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Русско-английский научно-технический словарь Масловского > дополнительный множитель
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Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > плевать в потолок
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1) General subject: daddle, dally, dawdle, drone, fiddle, fribble, frowst, hang about, have a good slack, have a loaf, have a mike, idle, keep hands in pockets, loaf, loaves, loiter, loiter away one's time, loiter away time, lounge (lounge away one's life (time) - праздно проводить жизнь (время)), lounge about (lounge away one's life; time), maroon, mess about, mike, moulder, potter, put one's feet up, sit, snooze, snooze time away, twiddle, twiddle thumbs, while away, idle time, laze away, linger, loiter away time, squander time, twirl thumbs, moodle (Napoleon often moodled about for a week at a time doing nothing but play with his children or read trash or waste his time helplessly), fiddle-faddle, laze away the time, goof around, veg out2) Colloquial: bum, haze about, knock around, lallygag, laze, laze about, laze around, lollygag, mess around, play grab ass, twiddle ( one's) thumbs, veg3) Australian slang: bugger all, fart around, fart-arse about, play silly buggers, swing the lead4) Scottish language: jauk5) Jargon: bat around, dilly-dally, do a mike, gold brick, goof off, hack around, jack around, rat, screw off screw-off, stooge around, twiddle one's thumbs, rat around, beef, bum around, dead-beat, deadbeat, featherbed, float, jelly, rat fuck6) American English: play the hooky7) Invective: mack around, screw around8) Makarov: loll about doing nothing, not to do a day's-work, not to do a stitch of work, sit back, dawdle away, do mike, fiddle about, fluff off9) Taboo: ass about, bum about, fart about, fart off, fartass about, fat-ass around, fuck off, fuck the dog, fuck up, futy, futz about, go on the bum (см. bum), hell around, jerk, (перевёртыш) kaycuff foe, muck around, not give somebody the sweat of (one's) balls, piddle, piddle about, piss about, piss-ant about, piss-ass about, prick about, putz about, screw about, screw off, shit-ass about, silly-ass about, sit scratching (one's) ballocks, sod about, tit about -
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1) General subject: idle, twiddle, twiddle one's thumbs, twiddle thumbs, stand by idly, waste time2) Colloquial: play grab ass, dawdle, screw around3) Politics: twiddle (one's) thumbs4) Jargon: screw down -
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15 пустая болтовня
1) General subject: cobblers, gossipy conversation, hog-wash, idle talk, jive, lip labour, lip work, lip-labour, lip-work, make talk, maunder, maundering, mere declamation, moonshine, palaver, poppycock, prittle prattle, rigmarole, small talk, talkie talkie, talkie-talkie, talky talk, twaddle, twiddle twaddle, twiddle-twaddle, vapouring, waffle, blatherskite, pointless blathering3) American: kafooster4) Diplomatic term: hogwash5) Jargon: jazz, scuttle-butt, yackety-yak, yakitty-yak, guff goff6) Advertising: loose talk7) Makarov: idle chatter, innocent tattling8) Taboo: piss and wind9) Idiomatic expression: more heat than light (The meeting that was held to discuss the problem generated more heat than light. Встреча, которая состоялась для обсуждения проблемы, вылилась в пустую болтовню.) -
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1) General subject: sit idly, have nothing to do2) Colloquial: twiddle (one's) thumbs3) Jargon: twiddle one's thumbs -
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несовер.; (кого-л./что-л.; кем-л./чем-л.)
turn (round and round); twirl, spin (быстро); twist, twiddle (рассеянно, лениво и т.п.); fiddle with* * *turn; twirl, spin; twist, twiddle; fiddle with* * *fumblefumblesrevolverollscrewtwirltwirlswind -
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laze глагол:laze (бездельничать, лентяйничать)fiddle about (бездельничать, шататься без дела)idle about (бездельничать, лениться)lollygag (бездельничать, лодырничать)frowst (бездельничать, сидеть в духоте)dawdle away (бездельничать, зря тратить время)lallygag (бездельничать, лодырничать)fiddle-faddle (бездельничать, болтать вздор)loiter away one's time (бездельничать, терять время)словосочетание: -
20 голубей гонять
разг., неодобр.idle (loiter, trifle) away one's time; cf. twiddle one's thumbs (fingers); kick one's heels- И мы не голубей гоняли, и мы были в армии, имеем награды. (Ю. Трифонов, Студенты) — 'We didn't twiddle our thumbs either; we too were in the army, we too were decorated.'
См. также в других словарях:
Twiddle — Twid dle, v. t. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Tweedle}.] 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twiddle — ► VERB ▪ play or fiddle with (something) in a purposeless or nervous way. ► NOUN 1) an act of twiddling. 2) a rapid or intricate series of musical notes. ● twiddle one s thumbs Cf. ↑twiddle one s thumbs … English terms dictionary
twiddle — (v.) 1540s, to trifle, of unknown origin; of the fingers, first recorded 1670s. Figurative phrase twiddle one s thumbs have nothing to do is recorded from 1846; to twirl one s thumbs in the same sense is recorded from 1816. Related: Twiddled;… … Etymology dictionary
twiddle — [twid′ l] vt. twiddled, twiddling [prob. < TW(IST) or TW(IRL) + (D)IDDLE] to twirl or play with lightly or idly vi. 1. to toy or trifle with some object 2. to be busy about trifles 3 … English World dictionary
Twiddle — Twid dle, v. i. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. Halliwell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Twiddle — Twid dle, n. 1. A slight twist with the fingers. [1913 Webster] 2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of 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 — To twiddle means to touch lightly or play with. In computing, it refers to: * Making small or insignificant changes to source code, often without much understanding * Bit twiddling , or bit manipulation, algorithmically manipulating bits * The… … Wikipedia
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 — 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 [ 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