twiddle
verb (used with object)
to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
had been twiddling
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past perfect progressiveof twiddle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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One was twiddling his thumbs very fast, and I suddenly recollected that he had been twiddling his thumbs very fast half an hour ago, when I had first seen him.
From Caught by the Turks by Francis Yeats-Brown
