nonsense
Origin of fiddle-faddle
reduplicated, reduplication of fiddle or obsolete faddle, to trifleintransitive verb
-·dled, -·dlingInformal to be concerned with trifles; fuss
fiddle-faddle
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fiddle-faddle
noun
Nonsense.
intransitive verb
fid·dle-fad·dled, fid·dle-fad·dling, fid·dle-fad·dlesTo fritter away one's time; dally.
Origin of fiddle-faddle
Reduplication of fiddleTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- nonsense
- I can understand why people read horoscopes, but for me it's a bunch of fiddle-faddle.
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