fiddle away

verb

To play the fiddle idly.

“There's nothing I like more than fiddling away Saturday night playing dominoes with myself.”

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Meanings

verbfiddle away (third-person singular simple present fiddles away, present participle fiddling away, simple past and past participle fiddled away)

present singular third person fiddles away · participle present fiddling away · participle past fiddled away · past fiddled away

  1. intransitiveTo play the fiddle idly.
  2. transitiveTo waste (time)

    There's nothing I like more than fiddling away Saturday night playing dominoes with myself.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dawdle
Cite this entry
APA

fiddle away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddle%20away

MLA

“fiddle away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddle%20away. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiddle away,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddle%20away.

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