"briggle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹɪɡəl/ Forms: briggles [present, singular, third-person], briggling [participle, present], briggled [participle, past], briggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} briggle (third-person singular simple present briggles, present participle briggling, simple past and past participle briggled)
  1. (intransitive, US, dialectal, rare) To potter around; friggle; fiddle. Tags: US, dialectal, intransitive, rare

Inflected forms

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