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TWIDDLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twiddler mean? 

TWIDDLER (noun)
  The noun TWIDDLER has 1 sense:

1. someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious mannerplay

  Familiarity information: TWIDDLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TWIDDLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fiddler; twiddler

Hypernyms ("twiddler" is a kind of...):

manipulator (a person who handles things manually)

Derivation:

twiddle (manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner)


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