fiddle with (English, verb)
expansion: fiddle with (third-person singular simple present fiddles with, present participle fiddling with, simple past and past participle fiddled with)
expansion: (transitive)
Senses:
glosses: To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner.
tags: transitive
glosses: To tinker with: to make small adjustments or improvements to (something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
tags: transitive
glosses: To manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To masturbate.
tags: reflexive
slang
transitive
usually
Forms:
form: fiddles with
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fiddling with
tags: participle
present
form: fiddled with
tags: participle
past
form: fiddled with
tags: past