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What is "fiddling" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fiddling mean in English? Meaning of fiddling definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fiddling" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fiddling": (informal) small and of little importance

Adjective

  • Meaning: (informal) small and of little importance
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
  • Similar: unimportant
  • Adjective: Present participle of fiddle. He was fiddling while Rome burned.

    • Synonyms:

    fool, fidget, interfere, trifle, play, toy, handle, monkey, feel, tamper, putter, dabble, mess, finger, twiddle, doodle, touch, puddle, mess around, potter,

    Antonyms:

    work, leave alone,

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