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fiddling away

fiddling away is the present participle and gerund of fiddle away.

Meaning of fiddle away

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To play the fiddle idly.
  2. (transitive) To waste (time)
    • There's nothing I like more than fiddling away Saturday night playing dominoes with myself.

Questions about fiddling away

What is fiddling away the present participle and gerund of?
Fiddling away is the present participle and gerund of fiddle away.

Words near fiddling away in the dictionary

  1. fiddlin'
  2. fiddliness
  3. fiddling
  4. fiddling about
  5. fiddling around
  6. fiddling away
  7. fiddling while Rome burns
  8. fiddling with
  9. fiddlings
  10. fiddlist
  11. fiddlists

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