fiddle-footed

[ fid-l-foot-id ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌfʊt ɪd /

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adjective Informal.

restlessly wandering.

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Origin of fiddle-footed

First recorded in 1945–50

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There, so taken, caught in the act, flat-footed, we are obliged to make our stand.
McConaughey’s ‘Stand’—And Ours|James Poulos|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Wall Street, Bank of America plays a perpetual second fiddle to JPMorgan Chase Co., the only U.S. bank that holds more assets.
Megabanks Have The Federal Prison System Locked Up|Center for Public Integrity|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, it left the candidate scrambling and her campaign flat footed.
Koch Brothers Bail Out GOP Senate Hopeful in Oregon|Ben Jacobs|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.
Russia’s Missiles Stung the World Long Before MH17|Clive Irving|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Orellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell