[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fiddle \fid"dle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. fiddled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   fiddling.
   1. to play on a fiddle.
      1913 webster

            themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
            could make a small town a great city. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
      does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
      idleness; to trifle.
      1913 webster

            talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
                                                  --pepys.
      1913 webster
see also:
fiddled fiddling 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fiddling
     adj : informal terms small and of little importance; "a fiddling
           sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
           lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
           at war"; "a little or small matter"; "mickey mouse
           regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details";
           "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts";
           "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the
           law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" syn: footling,
            lilliputian, little, mickey mouse, niggling, piddling,
            piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
see also:
footling lilliputian little mickey mouse niggling piddling 
piffling petty picayune trivial 

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