fiddling

fid·dling (f

ng)

adj.

Trivial; petty.

fiddling [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

adj

trifling or insignificant; petty

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Adj.

fiddling - (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"

footling, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, little

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

unimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

fiddling

adjective trivial, small, petty, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, pettifogging, futile There were a thousand fiddling jobs to do.

Translations

fiddling [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

A. ADJ → trivial, insignificante

B. N (= cheating) → chanchullos mpl

fiddling

adj (= trivial) → läppisch

fiddling [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

1. adj → insignificante
fiddling little job → lavoretto

2. n (fam) (cheating) → imbrogli mpl

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bass fiddle
bass viol
bowed stringed instrument
bull fiddle
double bass
fiddle
Fiddle beetle
Fiddle block
Fiddle fish
Fiddle head
fiddle-back
fiddle-de-dee
fiddle-faddle
Good Health
manipulate
pandurate
pandurate leaf
panduriform leaf
piddling

He had a tolerable knack of fiddling, which all appreciated save the First Mate, who sprang from the sofa as if he had been shot, emitted a shriek of protest, and fled wildly up the stairs.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

Here voyageurs frolicked away their wages, fiddling and dancing in the booths and cabins, buying all kinds of knick-knacks, dressing themselves out finely, and parading up and down, like arrant braggarts and coxcombs.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

Heat, however, will melt the proudest head and reduce to fiddling strings the finest product of the waving- pin; so anxious mothers were stationed over their offspring, waving palm-leaf fans, it having been decided that the supreme instant when the town clock struck ten should be the one chosen for releasing the prisoners from their self-imposed tortures.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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