fiddling

English

Verb

fiddling

1. present participle of fiddle

   He was fiddling while Rome burned.

Noun

fiddling (plural fiddlings)

1. action of the verb to fiddle
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     [W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage […]

Adjective

fiddling

1. Of petty or trivial importance; footling

   It was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.