"fiddle-faddle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-fiddle-faddle.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fiddle-faddle (uncountable)
  1. nonsense Tags: uncountable Synonyms: nonsense
    Sense id: en-fiddle-faddle-en-noun-mZqqhkW7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiddlefaddle

Verb

Audio: en-us-fiddle-faddle.ogg [US] Forms: fiddle-faddles [present, singular, third-person], fiddle-faddling [participle, present], fiddle-faddled [participle, past], fiddle-faddled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} fiddle-faddle (third-person singular simple present fiddle-faddles, present participle fiddle-faddling, simple past and past participle fiddle-faddled)
  1. (intransitive) To trifle; to dally. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: fiddle-faddler
    Sense id: en-fiddle-faddle-en-verb-50AMdNft Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiddlefaddle

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fiddle-faddle meaning in English (2.8kB)

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