knob-twiddler

Definitions

A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.

informal

Examples

“Mr. Telson was a confirmed knob-twiddler. Often he would work⟳ along the whole range of his radio, to 'see⟳ what he could get⟳.'”

“If you're a dedicated knob twiddler what follows can hold⟳ no pleasure for you. If jumping doggedly up and down in constant conflict with the electronics of a TV set⟳ is your idea of an evening's bliss, then don't read⟳ on.”

“But long live⟳ the spirit of the amateur cameraman, the solo recording engineer, and the lonesome knob twiddler.”

“Recorded in 1995, 'Spaceman' had been hanging around unnoticed for a year when an ad agency knob-twiddler chanced upon it, or rather one very, very small part of it.”

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