Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twiddle
Participle: twiddled
Gerund: twiddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | twiddle |
| you | twiddle |
| he;she;it | twiddles |
| we | twiddle |
| you | twiddle |
| they | twiddle |
Perfect
| I | have twiddled |
| you | have twiddled |
| he;she;it | has twiddled |
| we | have twiddled |
| you | have twiddled |
| they | have twiddled |
Past
| I | twiddled |
| you | twiddled |
| he;she;it | twiddled |
| we | twiddled |
| you | twiddled |
| they | twiddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had twiddled |
| you | had twiddled |
| he;she;it | had twiddled |
| we | had twiddled |
| you | had twiddled |
| they | had twiddled |
Future
| I | will twiddle |
| you | will twiddle |
| he;she;it | will twiddle |
| we | will twiddle |
| you | will twiddle |
| they | will twiddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twiddled |
| you | will have twiddled |
| he;she;it | will have twiddled |
| we | will have twiddled |
| you | will have twiddled |
| they | will have twiddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twiddle |
| you | twiddle |
| he;she;it | twiddle |
| we | twiddle |
| you | twiddle |
| they | twiddle |
Perfect
| I | have twiddled |
| you | have twiddled |
| he;she;it | have twiddled |
| we | have twiddled |
| you | have twiddled |
| they | have twiddled |
Imperfect
| I | twiddled |
| you | twiddled |
| he;she;it | twiddled |
| we | twiddled |
| you | twiddled |
| they | twiddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had twiddled |
| you | had twiddled |
| he;she;it | had twiddled |
| we | had twiddled |
| you | had twiddled |
| they | had twiddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twiddle |
| you | would twiddle |
| he;she;it | would twiddle |
| we | would twiddle |
| you | would twiddle |
| they | would twiddle |
Perfect
| I | would have twiddled |
| you | would have twiddled |
| he;she;it | would have twiddled |
| we | would have twiddled |
| you | would have twiddled |
| they | would have twiddled |
Imperative
| you | twiddle |
| we | Let's twiddle |
| you | twiddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'twiddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twiddle'
tiddle,
twaddle,
twidle,
widdle,
diddle,
dwindle,
fiddle,
griddle,
hiddle,
middle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1540, "to trifle," of unknown origin; of the fingers, first recorded 1676. Fig. 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.
2. Unknown. Perhaps a blend of twirl, twist, or twitch; fiddle.
Sample Sentences
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She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
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The harder Small sang, the harder the cow chewed and the faster she twiddled her ears around as if stirring the song into the food to be rechewed in cud along with her breakfast. [1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:]