Meaning & use
Fiddled
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Handled or played with something restlessly or idly, often while fidgeting.
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She fiddled with her keys while waiting for the bus.
He fiddled with the radio dial until he found a clear signal.
A note on using this word
"Fiddled" can also mean to falsify or manipulate something dishonestly, as in "he fiddled the accounts," a sense common in British English.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Falsified or manipulated records or figures dishonestly.
The clerk fiddled the books to hide the missing funds.
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