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Definition of fiddling

Overview of verb fiddle

The verb fiddle has 7 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

(avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")

2. fiddle

(commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years")

3. fiddle

(play the violin or fiddle)

4. fiddle

(play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely")

5. toy, fiddle, diddle, play

(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")

6. tamper, fiddle, monkey

(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")

7. tinker, fiddle

(try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set

Overview of adj fiddling

The adj fiddling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

((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")