twiddler

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noun

One who twiddles.

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Scrabble 13

Meanings

nountwiddler (plural twiddlers)

plural twiddlers

  1. One who twiddles.

    These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.

    2018, Jack Lewis, The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

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APA

twiddler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twiddler

MLA

“twiddler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twiddler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twiddler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twiddler.

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