The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TWIDDLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TWIDDLE
- Tinker with tailless shrimp filled by wife
- Nonsense — I should replace article — here’s a minor adjustment
- Trifle wife fed to tailless cat
- Spin is ultimately bullshit and piss
- Rotate teepee
- Twirl in tango with violin, losing head
- Aimless motion makes Ted wild
- Turn from tenor, immense embracing damsel’s extremities
- Drivel bringing one in for a trivial manoeuvre
- Ornament wild Ted smashed
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The straight part
We know that "Rotate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rotate = twiddle.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TWIDDLE mean?
TWIDDLE noun- A slight twist with the fingers.
- A pimple.
- A small decorative embellishment.
- A small musical flourish.
- A tilde.
- A drawn line that is curvy or twisted.
- A tiny bit
- A tizzy
- To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
- To be in an equivalence relation with.
- To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.