noun
fiddling
noun
1
The act of playing the fiddle, or of fidgeting and tinkering with something.
"After a bit of fiddling, he got the old radio working again."
adj
1
Trivial or petty.
"It was a fiddling little detail, not worth arguing over."
How to Use Fiddling
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishPlaying the fiddle, tinkering with something, or (as an adjective) trivial and petty.
Word Forms
fiddlings plural
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