twiddle

verb

Definition of twiddlenext
as in to rotate

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Recent Examples of twiddle But having twiddled his thumbs since leaving Manchester United in 2023, there’s light at the end of the tunnel. — Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 July 2024 Time is of the essence, though, so don’t just sit back on your couch twiddling your thumbs. — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024 Adding women's football to a simulation as complex as Football Manager isn’t as simple as adding team and player names and twiddling with the graphics. — Barry Collins, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for twiddle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddle
  1. rotate
  2. spin
  3. wheel
  4. twirl
  5. revolve
  6. turn
  7. swing
  8. roll
Verb
  • The dining room on the floor below has deep red carpets, gold chairs, burl wood walls in a herringbone pattern and reflective metallic paint on the ceiling that intensifies the rotating 360 degree views.
    — Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Powered by the automatic Rolex cal. 3175, its GMT hand was still slaved to the local hour hand, meaning that a second time zone could only be tracked using the rotating bezel.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of rotate
Verb
  • Speaking of encouraging starts, Carlos Rodón spun one from the mound.
    — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Much like George repeating his intern year, this season was kind of spinning its wheels.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of spin
Verb
  • The couple had been browsing for a plate when an employee wheeled out a cart stocked with new arrivals.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The 88-year-old then gave the crowd a thumbs up and made the sign of the cross before being wheeled back into his room.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of wheel
Verb
  • The hitmaker clocked the most hours of anyone, twirling and twerking (with a champagne glass in hand) to every song on the DJ’s set list from ABBA and Gloria Estefan to Kendrick Lamar.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Batherson twirled his stick before tucking it back like a sword remaining in its sheath.
    — Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of twirl
Verb
  • Theories about this phenomenon revolve largely around the way that a pitcher trains during the off-season, though experts have yet to come to a consensus.
    — Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Jennifer Lopez, for one, revolved her put-together look around a pair of white wide-leg trousers.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of revolve
Verb
  • Our favorite machines here can turn your barista into a stranger.
    — Molly Higgins, Wired News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Throughout the past decade, pitchers have turned their focus to training techniques that increase their average velocity and the over-all movement of the ball—even at the expense of throwing strikes.
    — Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of turn
Verb
  • With Orlando trailing by 2 points less than a minute into the fourth quarter at Spectrum Center following a disastrous third, Hornets guard LaMelo Ball looked to swing the ball to Nick Smith Jr. waiting in the corner.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, (Last week: 1) The betting odds have swung massively into Gilgeous-Alexander’s favor with Jokić missing so many games recently with an ankle injury.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of swing
Verb
  • Sony rolled a new trailer of the sequel at CinemaCon, the movie theater trade show that’s currently unfolding at Caesars Palace. Macchio, whose performance in the original film continues to inspire and prove relevant, introduced a few scenes with his next-gen costar Wang.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Over the weekend, SpaceX rolled the Falcon 9 rocket out to the launch pad and performed a launch dress rehearsal with the crew.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of roll

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