twiddle

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.

   She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.

2. verb To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
3. verb To be in an equivalence relation with.
4. verb To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
5. noun A slight twist with the fingers.
6. noun A wiggling movement.
7. noun A small decorative embellishment.
8. noun A small musical flourish.

Similar words

fiddle with whirl swirl twirl twaddle fidget twizzle tweedle jiggle wriggle

Often followed by

his my your their factors the factor our with her

Word family

twiddled twiddles twiddling