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fiddling definition

fiddling


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  fiddle 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  fiddle 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  fiddle 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  fiddle 
 
  2  senses  of  fiddle 
 
  Sense  1 
  fiddle 
  =>  play 
 
  Sense  2 
  toy,  fiddle,  diddle,  play 
  =>  manipulate 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  fiddle 
 
  fiddle  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  fiddle 
 
  Sense  1 
  fiddle 
  =>  play 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  toy,  fiddle,  diddle,  play 
  =>  manipulate 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  fiddle 
 
  The  verb  fiddle  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fiddle  --  (play  the  violin  or  fiddle) 
  2.  toy,  fiddle,  diddle,  play  --  (manipulate  manually  or  in  one's  mind  or  imagination;  "She  played  nervously  with  her  wedding  ring";  "Don't  fiddle  with  the  screws";  "He  played  with  the  idea  of  running  for  the  Senate:) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  fiddling 
 
  The  adj  fiddling  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial  --  ((informal  terms)  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";  "Mickey  Mouse  regulations";  "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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  fiddling 
 
  1  sense  of  fiddling 
 
  Sense  1 
  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unimportant)  ->  important,  of  import 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  fiddling 
 
  1  sense  of  fiddling 
 
  Sense  1 
  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial 
  =>  unimportant  (vs.  important) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  fiddling 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  fiddling 
 
  fiddling  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  fiddling 
  fiddling 
 
  Overview  of  verb  fiddle 
 
  The  verb  fiddle  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fiddle  --  (play  the  violin  or  fiddle) 
  2.  toy,  fiddle,  diddle,  play  --  (manipulate  manually  or  in  one's  mind  or  imagination;  "She  played  nervously  with  her  wedding  ring";  "Don't  fiddle  with  the  screws";  "He  played  with  the  idea  of  running  for  the  Senate:) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  fiddling 
 
  The  adj  fiddling  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial  --  ((informal  terms)  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";  "Mickey  Mouse  regulations";  "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") 



fiddling definition