A fiddling sum of money. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a fiddling sum of money. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Her aunt plays first fiddle with the state symphony orchestra. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : fiddling with his cuffs. ,You may have to fiddle with the antenna to get a clear picture on the TV. ,Stop fiddling around and get to work. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to fiddle time away. ,to fiddle the account books. ,to fiddle the company out of expense money. From Dictionary.com.
A great way of digital fiddling is tuning my blog. From Wordnik.com. [How to Stop Digital Fiddling and Start Writing | Write to Done] Reference
If the helicopter can fly itself, what was Robin fiddling around with the joystick for?. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Exploding Shark] Reference
They can spend hours online, e-mailing their boyfriends, while I delight in fiddling with my depthfinder. From Wordnik.com. [Words of Wisdom] Reference
The long action gives me a bit more flexibility in fiddling with OAL and my never-ending quest for smaller groups. From Wordnik.com. [Some Responses to Comments] Reference
They will pay me, and I'd like to earn some money as the other boys do, and fiddling is the only way I know how to do it –. From Wordnik.com. [Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys] Reference
He predicts that necessity will overrun popular resistance to the idea of fiddling with the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Now, if you do see relevance rank as objective, I can see how the idea of fiddling with it would be unappealing. From Wordnik.com. [Personalization is hard. So what?] Reference
In other words, virtually everyone save the nervous Senate Democrats is opposed to the idea of fiddling with the individual mandate. From Wordnik.com. [Obamacare support melting away] Reference
Licht grew up in Weiser, Idaho, a small town known as the fiddling capital of the world for its annual fiddling competition and festival. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
I really don't believe that people take 'fiddling' to many mean messing around. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddling while Rome burned] Reference
Sometimes CEOs have been known to lose their Jobs over this kind of fiddling with the books. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2007] Reference
Thats News: 94% of people think 'fiddling' MPsvshould face criminal proceedings skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [94% of people think 'fiddling' MPsvshould face criminal proceedings] Reference
Thats News: 94% of people think 'fiddling' MPs should face criminal proceedings skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [94% of people think 'fiddling' MPs should face criminal proceedings] Reference
NC Nero's are "fiddling" with city-wide issues, while their stakeholders are YAWNING and going home early. From Wordnik.com. [There's a Bad Moon Rising] Reference
He alleged ANC agents were banned from various polling stations and when they were away, "fiddling" could have taken place. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It will help me improve with the "fiddling" i've been trying to get into, and maybe act as an incentive to practice more a goal in itself!. From Wordnik.com. [Goals] Reference
I have never thought that people imagined 'fiddling' meant mucking around - I always just assumed that people thought he was playing msuic!. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddling while Rome burned] Reference
Most of these problems were from me 'fiddling' with the setup. From Wordnik.com. [We Got Served - Windows Home Server & Your Digital Home] Reference
With a little "fiddling" it can be made to work, like always before. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Tape Chronicles] Reference
We're going bankrupt as a country and these fools are still "fiddling"!. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Malkin] Reference
Accusing Labour of "fiddling" the figures to hide the true state of the problems, Mr. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
The next thing that was a concern was 'fiddling' with so much of our existing content. From Wordnik.com. [No Mutants Allowed] Reference
Useful proxy based tool for inspecting and "fiddling" with HTTP requests and responses. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs]
I have always used nvidia cards but they seem to require alot of "fiddling" to get just right. From Wordnik.com. [PCLinuxOS-Forums] Reference
Drawing can be a kind of fiddling, an orchestration of what might otherwise be a kind of itch and scratch. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
A variety of music such as fiddling, harp circles and celtic bands add to the ever popular piping and drumming. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Sentinel: News] Reference
Other musical entertainment such as fiddling, harp circles, and Celtic bands will be featured throughout the festival. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Sentinel: News] Reference
Years of government "fiddling" however, have turned what should have been a "buyer's market" into an "uncertain market". From Wordnik.com. [Housing Doom] Reference
And you can contact LORD CLARKE OF HAMPSTEAD (One of Blair's thieveing Peers who has admitted "fiddling") (and his CRONY FRIENDS) at. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Fawkes' blog] Reference
He kept reaching into his knapsack, fiddling with something. From Wordnik.com. [Terror at Rush Hour] Reference
It takes considerable fiddling to get images set up properly. From Wordnik.com. [Rip This Book? Not Yet.] Reference
Yet scientists just can't stop fiddling with the solar system. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brown] Reference
Congress also is fiddling over the plan to improve the funding of the PBGC. From Wordnik.com. [FRESH WORRIES ON PENSIONS] Reference
About a dozen journalists are wearing Gore-Tex jackets, some fiddling with cameras. From Wordnik.com. [It's Like 'War Of The Worlds'] Reference
Manufacturers have thus taken to fiddling with the razor head instead of the handle. From Wordnik.com. [Anyway you slice it, doesn't a six-blade razor feel excessive?] Reference
Unable to work, Georges started leafing through articles in magazines and fiddling with his Treo. From Wordnik.com. [How To Make The Cell Phone Into A Portable Scanner] Reference
Ever since then, governments have been fiddling with the system, trying to unify diverse societies. From Wordnik.com. [TURNING TO 'GOD'S TIME'] Reference
Any fiddling with the electors after that, the court ruled, could "disenfranchise" Florida voters altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Al At The Brink] Reference
Brits are £1 trillion-plus in debt, and government spending is based on high taxation, borrowing and fiddling figures. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Blair's Legacy] Reference
But until it produces at least a long-term plan for developing and managing Tonle Sap, all its efforts will amount to so much fiddling. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Waters] Reference
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