Definition of twiddle

twiddle

verb - transitive

• to change something in a small, mindless way.

  Try twiddling those bits and see if it fixes the bug.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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