Fiddling

Synonyms for "fiddling" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

coquetry dalliance dallying flirtation

Noun(1 words)

fiddlery

Strong matches (7)

fooling loitering monkeying

Adjective(4 words)

footling lilliputian little niggling

Related words (12)

Adjective(5 words)

petty picayune piddling piffling trivial

playing puttering smattering tinkering trifling unimportant

Noun(1 words)

tweakery

Related word relations

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7 relation types

causes

27 entries

annoying sound being happy bluegrass music breaking creating music dancing dancing about discovery drop getting criticized by teacher happy music make music making music making music with violin music noise

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form of

1 entries

fiddle

has prerequisite

8 entries

both fiddle and fiddler dexterity fiddle fiddle and fiddler idle time knowledge of music practice skill

has subevent

19 entries

annoy bow strings break breaking string could break string creating music dancing draw bow across violin strings entertainment feet might dance foot stomping look lose opportunity making music missing boat music will produced

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related to

6 entries

action fiddle footling importance petty trivial

similar

2 entries

unimportant

used for

16 entries

appliance blue grass bands conveying human emotions through music doing jig entertaining folks fiddler fun masterbation music musically inclined playing fiddle providing accompaniment during hayride providing beat for square dancers relieving boredom singing folksolk television

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.

Source: tatoeba (10096477)

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