"twirl one's moustache" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twirls one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirling one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirled one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirled one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "twirl one's moustache (third-person singular simple present twirls one's moustache, present participle twirling one's moustache, simple past and past participle twirled one's moustache)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To twist the ends of one's moustache hairs around the fingers, especially by way of fidgeting."
      ],
      "id": "en-twirl_one's_moustache-en-verb-s430rao~",
      "links": [
        [
          "fidget",
          "fidget"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "word": "moustache-twirling"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Jeri Taylor, “The Drumhead”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 21, Patrick Stewart (actor)",
          "text": "Picard: Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express stereotypical villainy in an obvious or comically exaggerated fashion."
      ],
      "id": "en-twirl_one's_moustache-en-verb-KwT2fLwt",
      "links": [
        [
          "villainy",
          "villainy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "twirl one's moustache"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twirls one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirling one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirled one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirled one's moustache",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "moustache-twirling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To twist the ends of one's moustache hairs around the fingers, especially by way of fidgeting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fidget",
          "fidget"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Jeri Taylor, “The Drumhead”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 21, Patrick Stewart (actor)",
          "text": "Picard: Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express stereotypical villainy in an obvious or comically exaggerated fashion."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "twirl one's moustache"
}