1. turning or moving something repeatedly with the fingers in a restless or aimless way
Usage: present participle of twiddle
2. wasting time doing nothing productive
Usage: informal

1. the action of turning or moving something repeatedly with the fingers

Examples

• She was twiddling her pen during the boring lecture.
• Stop twiddling with the radio knobs and leave it on one station.
• He spent the afternoon twiddling his thumbs instead of studying.
• The nervous twiddling of her hair gave away her anxiety.
• I caught myself twiddling the zipper on my jacket.
• The constant twiddling of his keys was annoying everyone.
• She was twiddling the dials on the old television set.