Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twiddled one's thumbs

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
twid-dled one's thumbs
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does twiddled one's thumbs mean?
simple past and past participle of twiddle one's thumbs

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