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fiddle-faddled

fiddle-faddled is the simple past and past participle of fiddle-faddle.

Meaning of fiddle-faddle

Verb

fiddle-faddle (third-person singular simple present fiddle-faddles, present participle fiddle-faddling, simple past and past participle fiddle-faddled)

  1. (intransitive) To trifle; to dally.
    • The cur foretells the knell of parting day;
      The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea;
      The wise man homeward plods; I only stay
      To fiddle-faddle in a minor key.1911 Ambrose Bierce, The devil's dictionary. Neale Publishing, 1909-1912 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume VII p. 88. ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of...

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Questions about fiddle-faddled

What is fiddle-faddled the simple past and past participle of?
Fiddle-faddled is the simple past and past participle of fiddle-faddle.

Words near fiddle-faddled in the dictionary

  1. fiddle while Rome burns
  2. fiddle with
  3. fiddle yard
  4. fiddle yards
  5. fiddle-faddle
  6. fiddle-faddled
  7. fiddle-faddler
  8. fiddle-faddlers
  9. fiddle-faddles
  10. fiddle-faddling
  11. fiddle-footed

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