fiddle-faddle

English

Alternative forms

• fiddlefaddle

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Noun

fiddle-faddle (uncountable)

1. nonsense

   I can understand why people read horoscopes, but for me it's a bunch of fiddle-faddle.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:nonsense

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.

Derived terms

• fiddle-faddler