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fiddlings

fiddlings is the plural of fiddling.

Meaning of fiddling

Noun

fiddling (countable and uncountable, plural fiddlings)

  1. The playing of music on a fiddle.
  2. The act of fidgeting.
  3. Tweaking; manipulation.
    • [W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage[…]1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    Synonyms:
    fiddlery, tweakery

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Questions about fiddlings

What is fiddlings the plural of?
Fiddlings is the plural of fiddling.

Words near fiddlings in the dictionary

  1. fiddling about
  2. fiddling around
  3. fiddling away
  4. fiddling while Rome burns
  5. fiddling with
  6. fiddlings
  7. fiddlist
  8. fiddlists
  9. fiddluh
  10. fiddly
  11. Fiddown

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