fiddle-faddle
11fiddle-faddle — noun Etymology: reduplication of fiddle (fiddlesticks) Date: 1577 nonsense often used as an interjection …
12fiddle-faddle — noun trivial matters; nonsense. verb mess about. Origin C16: reduplication of fiddle …
13fiddle-faddle — fid•dle fad•dle [[t]ˈfɪd lˌfæd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) nonsense 2) something trivial 3) to fuss with trifles (often used as an interjection). Etymology: 1570–80; gradational compound based on fiddle …
14fiddle-faddle — n., v., int., & adj. n. trivial matters. v.intr. fuss, trifle. int. nonsense! adj. (of a person or thing) petty, fussy. Etymology: redupl. of FIDDLE …
15fiddle-faddle — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something or things that are unimportant: frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trifle, trivia, triviality. See IMPORTANT, SURFACE …
16fiddle-faddle — fɪdl fædl / fɪdlfædl nonsense, trivial matter, trifle …
17fiddle-faddle — I. n. (Colloq.) Nonsense, trifling, frivolity, stuff, twaddle, twattle, prate, gabble, gibberish, gibble gabble. II. a. (Colloq.) Foolish, nonsensical, trifling, frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddling, twattling, prating, gabbling …
18fiddle-faddle — noun (U) old fashioned nonsense …
19fiddle-faddle — n Informal. nonsense, balderdash, bunkum. See nonsense(def. 2) …
20fiddle-faddle — fid·dle fad·dle …