twiddled
Spun without purpose
Twiddled is the past tense of twiddle, meaning to rotate or play with something idly using the fingers: She twiddled the ring on her finger while waiting.
To twiddle one's thumbs is to rotate them around each other out of boredom or impatience, and by extension, to have nothing useful to do: We sat there twiddling our thumbs until they called our number.
Shortest manual digits
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- loafingPassing time idly
- loungingReclining in idleness
killing time · downtime · lull · inactivity · leisure · unoccupied · dawdling · puttering
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
thumbs
Shortest manual digits
lounging · killing time · downtime · lull · inactivity · leisure · unoccupied · dawdling · puttering · dithering
fiddle
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
spin · play · toy · squirm · flick · swirl · twirl · rotate · roll · diddle
knob
Rounded gripping fixture
tweak · tune · calibrate · fine-tune · toggle · switch · button · control · setting · volume
antsy
Restlessly eager or nervous
jittery · fidgety · edgy · uneasy · squirmy · twitchy · agitated · restive · bored · distracted
twiddledworked
Performed labor or tasks
labored · toiled · accomplished · achieved · produced
- twiddling thumbsGesture of impatient boredom
- twiddle one's thumbsBe idle, await action
- twiddling one's thumbsIdle fidgeting while waiting
- twiddle thumbsPass time idly
- thumb twiddlingIdle hand gesture
- twiddled one's thumbsPassed time idly