twiddle

one twiddle of a button.

she twiddled the dials on the radio.

gay little twiddles from the clarinet.

She likes to twiddle her hair when she's nervous.

He tends to twiddle his thumbs when he's bored.

The child would twiddle the knobs on the radio for hours.

Stop twiddling with your phone and pay attention!

She would twiddle the pen in her hand while thinking.

He would twiddle the dials on the control panel absentmindedly.

The magician began to twiddle his fingers before performing a trick.

She couldn't help but twiddle the ring on her finger during the meeting.

The toddler would twiddle the buttons on the remote control out of curiosity.

I caught myself twiddling my necklace during the boring lecture.

Workers hired to meet roaring demand have been left twiddling their thumbs.

" Wild! " he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side.

The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door.

I say that I don't want to be twiddling my thumbs.

That would be twiddling your thumbs.

Our scriptwriter does not sit around here at ESL Podcast twiddling her thumbs.

" To twiddle your thumbs" means to sit around and do nothing, in this case.

" Hit me , " she said , twiddling her fingers for the cigarette .

Now, he only twiddled his thumbs.

He sat down and used the tweezers to twiddle some twig.