fiddling
About 0.45 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of fiddle
He was fiddling while Rome burned.
- noun The playing of music on a fiddle.
- noun The act of fidgeting.
- noun Tweaking; manipulation.
- adjective Of petty or trivial importance; footling
It was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.
Similar words
niggling footling piffling piddling petty trivial unimportant lilliputian little picayune
Often followed by
with and around while about in the of at
Word family
fiddlings
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