"fiddle about" meaning in All languages combined

See fiddle about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: fiddles about [present, singular, third-person], fiddling about [participle, present], fiddled about [participle, past], fiddled about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fiddle about (third-person singular simple present fiddles about, present participle fiddling about, simple past and past participle fiddled about)
  1. Synonym of fiddle around. Synonyms: fiddle around [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fiddle_about-en-verb-GqFgAZme Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "fiddles about",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "fiddle about (third-person singular simple present fiddles about, present participle fiddling about, simple past and past participle fiddled about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of fiddle around."
      ],
      "id": "en-fiddle_about-en-verb-GqFgAZme",
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fiddle around"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiddle about"
}

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    {
      "form": "fiddles about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddling about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of fiddle around."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fiddle around",
          "fiddle around#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
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          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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