how to pronounce twiddle

/ˈtwɪd.əl/

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twiddle is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of twiddle in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… partitions there are that twiddle sign …”

meanings of twiddle

noun:

A slight twist with the fingers.
A small decorative embellishment.
A pimple.
A tizzy.
A drawn line that is curvy or twisted.
A tiny bit.
A small musical flourish.
A tilde.

verb:

To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
To be in an equivalence relation with.
To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.

twiddle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word twiddle occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics twiddle can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that twiddle can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;