Meaning of twiddly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers.
   informal
2. Having an elaborately twisted form.
   informal
3. In music, having a rapid series of musical notes.
   informal

Examples

“Radio – with its buttons and twiddly knobs and white noise in between – is on the tip⟳ of a huge wave⟳ of change⟳, courtesy of the Internet.”

“Through the open⟳ doorway Nedda could see⟳ […] the back of Mr. Cuthcott in a twiddly chair, surrounded by sheets of paper reposing on the floor, shining like⟳ autumn leaves on a pool of water.”

“The design⟳ of an indicator is often — indeed usually — thought to be the business of the engineer, perhaps aided by someone — an artist or a "stylist" — who adds an aesthetic touch⟳, a twiddly bit, a strip⟳ of chromium, a dash of paint⟳, or better still several dashes in clashing colours, of which a bilious yellow will be one.”

“Everyone has a computer, everyone has the same software, and everyone thinks they can stick⟳ a couple of butterflies onto a twiddly background and they have⟳ an illustration. They don't have⟳ an illustration; they have⟳ decoration.”

“It was her nose was the worst. It seemed to have⟳ been twisted into a hook with a twiddly bit at the top.”

“There are moments when the band sounds oddly like⟳ its acoustic predecessor, and there are some feints at free jazz, but the most curious episode, unlike any other live⟳ Miles I know⟳, is a long spacey improvisation using wood flute, related less to the twiddly studio jams than to the ritual atmospherics of Chicago's creative-music vanguard.”

“The bugle called, a twiddly bit and then one long note⟳.”

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