Fiddling synonyms
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Lacking importance or significance; trifling:
Very small; tiny
The definition of little is small in size, quantity or importance.
niggling
(informal) small and of little importance
Small-minded; mean, narrow, ungenerous, etc.
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Something not worth arguing about.
The definition of trivial is insignificant, or of no importance.
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
(Music) To perform on an instrument:
(Slang) To play experimentally; toy:
To treat something casually or without seriousness:
To imitate or mimic; ape.
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(Archaic) To contrive something secretly; plot; scheme
To mend as a tinker.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
To spend idly; waste
To get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
To dawdle or fritter (something) away
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To move about in a restless, nervous, or impatient way
(Informal) To play music in a casual, informal way
To feed by moving the bill back and forth just below the surface or on the bottom in shallow water. Used of ducks.
To mislead; fool:
To bungle; muddle; botch
Meddle is defined as intrude in someone else's life or business.
To fool is defined as to trick or lie to.
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To twirl or play with lightly or idly
helping (related)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
faff (related)
messing-around (related)
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