- present participle of fiddle.
fiddling
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Some 1,500 individual investors were packed into the seats of a Houston convention hall, snapping pictures and fiddling with their neon-green name tags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
I was still fiddling with the controls when I inadvertently engaged FSD’s route-following function.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Take, for example, Parton’s great-grandmother, Tennessee, who kept her home open for “singing, fiddling, and buck dancing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
I rested my chin on my knee, started fiddling with my shoelaces.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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