"refiddle" meaning in English

See refiddle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: refiddles [present, singular, third-person], refiddling [participle, present], refiddled [participle, past], refiddled [past]
Etymology: re- + fiddle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|fiddle}} re- + fiddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} refiddle (third-person singular simple present refiddles, present participle refiddling, simple past and past participle refiddled)
  1. To fiddle again. Derived forms: refiddle with
    Sense id: en-refiddle-en-verb-SSOrw9D7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for refiddle meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "text": "But the Minister for gerrymander made sure Tasmania was examined again so he could refiddle the boundaries and push them this way, that way and another way, in the great hope that the Labor Party could be perpetuated in office.",
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          "ref": "2000, Hayford Peirce, Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars, page 66",
          "text": "You will refiddle the returns . . . er, that is, you will reevaluate my personal return, so that 1 am liable for a payment of . . . oh, let us say . . . seven and one half percent of gross income.",
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