refiddle with

verb

To fiddle with again.

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Meanings

verbrefiddle with (third-person singular simple present refiddles with, present participle refiddling with, simple past and past participle refiddled with)

present singular third person refiddles with · participle present refiddling with · participle past refiddled with · past refiddled with

  1. To fiddle with again.

    Makes me tempted to reopen your files and refiddle with the promotion material.

    2003, E. Philip Trapp, The Red-ribboned Letters, →ISBN, page 248
    1 more example

    Standard I/O functions are not programmable — unless, that is, you have the original source code and you don't mind fiddling with files that are likely to be updated regularly, requiring you to refiddle with the updates again and again.

    1993, Tom Swan, Tom Swan's code secrets, →ISBN, page 5

Origin

From re- + fiddle with.

Full word history & related roots →
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APA

refiddle with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refiddle%20with

MLA

“refiddle with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refiddle%20with. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refiddle with,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refiddle%20with.

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