Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which twiddles.
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- noun
Agent noun oftwiddle ; one who twiddles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
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Examples
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Combining major innovations in pointer and keyboard technology, the twiddler is a small computer keyboard designed to bring renewed enjoyment to current computer users and attract newcomers to the world of personal computing.
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She likes music, and is a "master twiddler" of the knobs on the radio.
Jesse Kornbluth: Keith Richards Lets It Bleed in 'Life,' 547 Pages of Music And Mayhem Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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She likes music, and is a "master twiddler" of the knobs on the radio.
Jesse Kornbluth: Keith Richards Lets It Bleed in 'Life,' 547 Pages of Music And Mayhem Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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Expert chording text entry on the twiddler one-handed keyboard.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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She likes music, and is a "master twiddler" of the knobs on the radio.
Jesse Kornbluth: Keith Richards Lets It Bleed in 'Life,' 547 Pages of Music And Mayhem Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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Expert chording text entry on the twiddler one-handed keyboard.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Classy. “knob-twiddler … old roué … joyless soft-porn groaning” We get the idea.
Archive 2010-02-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Classy. “knob-twiddler … old roué … joyless soft-porn groaning” We get the idea.
Spectacular Nadir Adam Roberts 2010
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The divine knob twiddler would himself have to have been at least as improbable as the settings of his knobs.
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You can estimate the very low odds against the six knobs all just happening to be correctly tuned, and conclude that a divine knob-twiddler must have been at work.
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