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fiddles around

fiddles around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle around.

Meaning of fiddle around

Verb

fiddle around (third-person singular simple present fiddles around, present participle fiddling around, simple past and past participle fiddled around)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).
    • Stop fiddling around with those matches before you set the place on fire.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To tinker (with): to make small adjustments or improvements (to something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
    • I've been fiddling around all morning, trying to get this old lawnmower to work.

Questions about fiddles around

What is fiddles around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fiddles around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle around.

Words near fiddles around in the dictionary

  1. fiddler's neck
  2. fiddlers
  3. fiddlery
  4. fiddles
  5. fiddles about
  6. fiddles around
  7. fiddles away
  8. fiddles while Rome burns
  9. fiddles with
  10. fiddlesome
  11. fiddlestick

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