Antonyms for fiddling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fid-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪd lɪŋ

Definition of fiddling

Origin : late 14c., from fiddle (n.); the figurative sense of "to act nervously or idly" is from 1520s. Related: Fiddled; fiddling.

verb mess with, tinker

Example sentences :

He kept edging in, and fiddling with his reins and his revolvers, and saying, 'Dear me!
Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling

The fiddling, dancing and "jubilee beating," was going on in all directions.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

He began punching buttons for data and fiddling with setscrews and verniers.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

So we sat, dry, upon the stools, listening to the Dagoes fiddling on deck.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

He was on the far side of it, fiddling with something hidden.
Extract from : « Lease to Doomsday » by Lee Archer

Somewhere across the street the man with the violin continued his fiddling.
Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett

So thought the quidnuncs;9 nevertheless, Mr. Newman "went on fiddling."
Extract from : « Cardinal Newman as a Musician » by Edward Bellasis

Singing from within jars against the fiddling from over the way.
Extract from : « Saint Patrick » by Heman White Chaplin

He replied: "Do so; that may stir them up, and I am sick of this fiddling about."
Extract from : « Destruction and Reconstruction: » by Richard Taylor

But ask Fisin, he will tell you about our Fiddling, and vouch for our decency at least.
Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart

Synonyms for fiddling

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