- 1[intransitive] (informal) to play music on the violin
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- 2[intransitive] fiddle (with something) to keep touching or moving something with your hands, especially because you are bored or nervous He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me. Phrasal Verbsfiddle aroundfiddle around with
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verbNAmE//ˈfɪdl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they fiddle he / she / it fiddles
past simple fiddled
-ing form fiddling
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