fiddle with

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fiddle with

verb fiddles with · fiddling with · fiddled with

  1. transitive To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner. Stop fiddling with your food!

    Similar: tweak, adjust, tinker

  2. transitive To tinker with: to make small adjustments or improvements to (something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner. If you fiddle with the controls, you might be able to get a better TV picture.
  3. figuratively, transitive To manipulate in order to gain something for oneself. Don't Fiddle With Sellers Who Have No Equity

    Similar: mess with

  4. colloquial, euphemistic, reflexive, transitive, usually To masturbate. I was in the Woodley Park–Zoo in D.C. and mom and sister were waiting to see the pandas, so me and my pops broke away to check out the monkey house. Well, there was a beautiful teacher, I mean we're talking a ten, she was blond, had a low-cut dress on, just gorgeous. And she has about eight or nine

Similar: play with, toy with, twirl

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Similar: play with, toy with, twirl

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verb to restlessly toy with

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@misc{fiddle_with_2026,
  title = {fiddle with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fiddle%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}