fiddling

fiddling /'fidliɳ/
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fiddling

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    adj.

  • (informal) small and of little importance; footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

    a fiddling sum of money

    a footling gesture

    our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war

    a little (or small) matter

    a dispute over niggling details

    limited to petty enterprises

    piffling efforts

    giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

    n.

  • bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow; violin

    v.

  • avoid (one's assigned duties); shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

    The derelict soldier shirked his duties

  • commit fraud and steal from one's employer

    We found out that she had been fiddling for years

  • play the violin or fiddle
  • play on a violin

    Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely

  • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; toy, diddle, play

    She played nervously with her wedding ring

    Don't fiddle with the screws

    He played with the idea of running for the Senate

  • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; tamper, monkey

    Someone tampered with the documents on my desk

    The reporter fiddle with the facts

  • try to fix or mend; tinker

    Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right

    She always fiddles with her van on the weekend

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

fiddles|fiddled|fiddling
syn.: diddle goldbrick monkey play shirk shrink from tamper tinker toy violin