fiddle
noun
a musical instrument of the viol family.
is fiddling
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present progressiveof fiddle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You might hear the first verse of a song, maybe even a chorus if you're lucky, but it's never long before someone is fiddling with the playlist and impatiently changing the track.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2022
It’s likely, though, that discussion of what the Olympics should look like, where and how they should be held, is fiddling around the real problem.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
Just off this room is the apostolic sacristy where Father Pavel Benedik, a taciturn Slovakian priest, is fiddling with his smartphone.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2016
I think this is impressive, because she is fiddling with things I couldn’t fiddle with, all the technical stuff.
From Time ● Dec. 21, 2015
Science is loud because Mr. Levy is fiddling with a plastic skeleton and not paying attention to us.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
