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. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.
FIDDLE
Fid"dle, v. t.
Defn: To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
FIDDLEDEEDEE
Fid"dle*dee*dee`, interj.
Defn: An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!
[Colloq.]
FIDDLE-FADDLE
Fid"dle-fad`dle, n.
Defn: A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] Spectator.
FIDDLE-FADDLE
Fid"dle-fad`dle, v. i.
Defn: To talk nonsense. [Colloq.] Ford.
FIDDLER
Fid"dler, n. Etym: [AS. fi.]