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adjective
- 1. annoyingly trivial or petty: "fiddling little details"
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adjective [ before noun ] mainly UK uk / ˈfɪd.lɪŋ / us / ˈfɪd.lɪŋ / Add to word list. not important, or of no real interest: fiddling little details. fiddling restrictions. Synonyms. footling old-fashioned. little. petty disapproving. picayune US. piddling informal disapproving. piffling informal. trivial.
: the act of playing on a fiddle. Schwarz brings up an orchestra member to do some country fiddling … Heidi Waleson. One of the most compelling qualities of Southern fiddling is the rhythm. Augusta Heritage Center. Synonyms. Adjective. foolish. frivolous. incidental. inconsequential. inconsiderable. insignificant. little.
to act dishonestly in order to get something for yourself, or to change something dishonestly, especially to your advantage: She managed to fiddle a free trip to America. fiddle the books He had been fiddling the books for years. fiddle the accounts An employee had fiddled accounts and helped himself to customers ' money.
Fiddling definition: trifling; trivial. See examples of FIDDLING used in a sentence.
Define fiddling. fiddling synonyms, fiddling pronunciation, fiddling translation, English dictionary definition of fiddling. adj. Trivial; petty.
Fiddling is the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents. [British, informal] Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm. 2. uncountable noun. Violin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to as fiddling. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Definition of fiddling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
