"fiddle around" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fiddles around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddling around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "fiddle around (third-person singular simple present fiddles around, present participle fiddling around, simple past and past participle fiddled around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Stop fiddling around and do your job.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of waste time."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Synonym of waste time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "waste time"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mess around (with); to muck about (with)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fiddle_around-en-verb-IiWetLpz",
      "links": [
        [
          "mess around",
          "mess around"
        ],
        [
          "muck about",
          "muck about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by \"with\") To mess around (with); to muck about (with)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by \"with\""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiddle around"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fiddles around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddling around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiddled around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "fiddle around (third-person singular simple present fiddles around, present participle fiddling around, simple past and past participle fiddled around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Stop fiddling around and do your job.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of waste time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Synonym of waste time."
      ],
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        {
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            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "waste time"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mess around (with); to muck about (with)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mess around",
          "mess around"
        ],
        [
          "muck about",
          "muck about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by \"with\") To mess around (with); to muck about (with)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by \"with\""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiddle around"
}