Fiddling

Synonyms for "fiddling" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(5 words)

adjustmentdata manipulationdiddlingfiddle musicfiddle playing

coquetry dalliance dallying flirtation

Strong matches (13)

fooling loitering monkeying

Adjective(4 words)

footling lilliputian little niggling

Noun(6 words)

fraud futzing manipulate messing misrepresentation modification

Related words (21)

Noun(12 words)

perform on violinplay violinpottering tamper tinker tinkering toying twiddle twiddles twiddlingviolin performanceviolin playing

Adjective(5 words)

petty picayune piddling piffling trivial

playing puttering smattering trifling

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

activity behavior deceptionmake musicmanipulationmusic performancemusical activityperform

More specific

11 entries

alter calibrationdata tamperingfabricated entriesfiddle solofiddle tunefudge massagestringed performancetuning tweak

Collocations

11 entries

data fiddlingfiddle bowfiddle musicfiddle performancefiddle repertoirefiddle techniquefiddle tunefiddle tunesfiddling behaviorfiddling techniqueviolin performance

Inflections

3 entries

fiddled fiddles fiddlings

Derivations

3 entries

fiddle fiddler fiddly

similar

1 entries

unimportant

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Tom is fiddling with his bow tie.

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Sami was fiddling with the beads of his rosary.

Source: tatoeba (7338041)

They're just fiddling around with that computer.

Source: tatoeba (9752577)

Skura was fiddling around with her rings.

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