| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion: fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle. See TOUCH. 2. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively: fool, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker. Informal : monkey. See HELP, TOUCH. | | PHRASAL VERB: | fiddle away To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work: dawdle (away), idle (away), kill1, trifle away, waste, while (away), wile (away). See INDUSTRIOUS.
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