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Adjective: fiddling fidling- (informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"
- footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune [N. Amer], trivial
Verb: fiddle fidl- Avoid (one's assigned duties)
- shirk, shrink from, goldbrick [N. Amer] - 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
"Don't fiddle with the screws"
- toy, diddle, play - Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"The reporter fiddle with the facts"
- tamper, monkey - Try to fix or mend
"She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
- tinker
See also: fiddler, unimportant Type of: avoid, bushel [US], defalcate, doctor, embezzle, fix, furbish up, malversate, manipulate, mend, misappropriate, peculate, play, repair, restore, spiel, touch on Encyclopedia: Fiddle Fiddling |