Fid″dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fiddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fiddling (?).] 1. To play on a fiddle.
Themistocles... said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon.
2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.