Nonsense.
intr.v., -dled, -dling, -dles.
To fritter away one's time; dally.
[Reduplication of FIDDLE .]
fiddle-faddle
Dictionary:
fid·dle-fad·dle (fĭd'l-făd'l)  |
n.
Nonsense.
intr.v., -dled, -dling, -dles.
To fritter away one's time; dally.
Nonsense.
intr.v., -dled, -dling, -dles.
To fritter away one's time; dally.
| Thesaurus: fiddle-faddle |
noun
- Something or things that are unimportant: frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trifle, trivia, triviality. See important/unimportant, surface/depth.
| WordNet: fiddle-faddle |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
trivial nonsense
Synonyms: balderdash, piffle
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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