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Twiddler

Definition: Twiddler

Twiddler

Noun

1. Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Twiddler

Synonym: fiddler (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Twiddler's syndrome (medicine).

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Twiddler

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
twiddler	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Twiddler

Language		Translations for "twiddler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përtac (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, do-naught, faineant, good for nothing, idle, Idler, indolent, lazy, moocher, ne'er do well, otiose, poke, slacker, slothful, sluggard, snail, sundowner, swabber, truant). (various references)

Bulgarian		безделник (black sheep, bum, cornerman, dangler, dead beat, deadbeat, do nothing, fiddler, fribble, gadabout, good for nothing, hobo, lay about, loafer, loiterer, loon, lounger, spalpeen, spiv, tramp, vagabond, wastrel). (various references)

Pig Latin		iddlertway

Russian		бездельник (bum, chair warmer, dangler, do nothing, do-naught, do-nothing, doodle, footer, fribble, good for nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, loon, lounger, ne'er do well, ne'erdoweel, rapscallion, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, skulker, sluggard, trifler, vagabond). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		besposličar (faineant, idler, loafer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: Twiddler

Derivations
	Words beginning with "twiddler": twiddlers. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Twiddler

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-r-t-w"
	-1 letter: tiddler, twiddle, twirled.
	-2 letters: dirled, dreidl, riddle, tirled, widder, widdle, wilder, wilted.
	-3 letters: dried, dwelt, idled, idler, liter, litre, redid, relit, riled, tided, tilde, tiled, tiler, tired, tried, twier, twirl, weird, wider, wield, wiled, wired, wited, wried, write.
	-4 letters: deil, deli, delt, died, diel, diet, dire, dirl, dirt, dite, drew, edit, idle, ired, lewd.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-l-r-t-w"
	+1 letter: twiddlers, twiddlier.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern

5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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