Fiddling can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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| fiddling - (informal) small and of little importance; "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" | ||
Verb |
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| fiddle - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" | ||
| fiddle - play the violin or fiddle | ||
| fiddle - play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" | ||
| fiddle - commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" | ||
| fiddle - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" | ||
| fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" | ||
| fiddle - play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" | ||
Noun |
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| fiddling - action of the verb to fiddle. |
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| 1. | adj. | A fiddling sum of money. | |
| 2. | verb | Tom is fiddling with his bow tie. | |
| 3. | verb | Sami was fiddling with the beads of his rosary. | |
| 4. | verb | They're just fiddling around with that computer. | |
| 5. | verb | Skura was fiddling around with her rings. | |
| 6. | verb | Don't fiddle with the screws. | |
| 7. | verb | The reporter fiddle with the facts. |
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| adj. | |
| A fiddling sum of money. |
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| verb | |
| Tom is fiddling with his bow tie. | |
| Sami was fiddling with the beads of his rosary. | |
| They're just fiddling around with that computer. | |
| Skura was fiddling around with her rings. | |
| Don't fiddle with the screws. |
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| The reporter fiddle with the facts. |
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