twiddler
- noun
- /ˈtwɪdlər/
:
manipulador
- As a twiddler, she often found herself absentmindedly playing with her hair.
Examples
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Despite his nervousness, the twiddler managed to keep the conversation going.
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She is a twiddler, a dreamer... a silly heart and she is a jabberbox.
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Like whiffsy time-twiddlers.
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He is such a twiddler, always fumbling with his pen during meetings.
Synonyms
4
6.9
A person who plays with small things when nervous or bored
1
7.0
A person, often a child, who cannot sit still and keeps moving
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6.0
A person who cannot sit still because they feel nervous or bored
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7.5
A person who cannot sit still and keeps wriggling
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8.0
A thing that moves something quickly to loosen or mix it
A person, often a child, who cannot sit still and moves a lot
Antonyms
How Fidgety
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twiddler comes from the verb twiddle, which means 'to twist or play with something small', plus the ending -er meaning 'a person who does something'. So a twiddler is someone who nervously fidgets or twists small things with their fingers, much like when you 'twist' a pen or 'fiddle' with your hair.