fiddling (2)
1fiddling — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ annoyingly trivial …
2fiddling — [fid liŋ] adj. trifling; useless; petty …
3fiddling — [[t]fɪ̱dəlɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Fiddling is the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Salomon s fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm. 2) N UNCOUNT Violin playing, especially in folk …
4Fiddling — Fiddle Fid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. [1913 Webster] Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To keep the… …
5fiddling — 1. noun action of the verb to fiddle Fiddling the accounts is not legal. 2. adjective Of petty or trivial importance; footling It was a fiddling little faul …
6fiddling — adjective Date: 1652 trifling, petty < a fiddling excuse > …
7fiddling — /fid ling/, adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money. [1425 75; late ME; see FIDDLE, ING2] * * * …
8fiddling — fid|dling [ˈfıdlıŋ] adj [only before noun] unimportant, and annoying ▪ fiddling little jobs around the house …
9fiddling — adjective (only before noun) unimportant, and annoying: all these fiddling little jobs around the house …
10fiddling — fid•dling [[t]ˈfɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum[/ex] • Etymology: 1645–55 …
