Usage of "fiddle with"

Portuguese

Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner.

Usage of fiddle with in English

Having consumed the said sweet, she continued to fiddle with the paper. 
 The Irish Times 

The longer you fiddle with your placement, the more tired you'll become. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

The worst thing admins could do was to fiddle with system security. 
 Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr... 

Clemens nodded and walked across the room to fiddle with a readout. 
 The Complete Alien Omnibus 

I'm not insulted. Brett watches him fiddle with things on the table. 
 A Hundred Thousand Worlds 

I fiddle with my locket as they toss ideas back and forth. 
 Ice Like Fire 

But it gnawed at him, and he continued to fiddle with experiments. 
 The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree... 

The temptation to fiddle with prices, and why it should be resisted 
 Economics Without Illusions 

Dee stood back and allowed William to fiddle with the key. 
 Corduroy mansions 

To him Thea devoted herself and her fiddle with particular zest. 
 Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India 

I never fiddle with the brakes till the car starts down-hill. 
 The Leavenworth Case 

Then she felt him stand up and start to fiddle with her handcuffs. 
 The perfect woman 

Slower, yes, but so much more fun to fiddle with than a computer. 
 Wired 

Now I don't have the time to fiddle with a hobby. 
 To catch a thief 

He knows much of the South, and manipulates a fiddle with wonderful skill. 
 The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer 

Just check your wrist and fiddle with that cool Digital Crown. 
 Wired 

fiddle

Verb

Preposition

Translations for fiddle with

Portuguese

Fiddle with through the time

Fiddle with across language varieties

United States of America

Common

United Kingdom

Rare

Meanings of fiddle with in English