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FIDDLE-FADDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fiddle-faddle mean? 

FIDDLE-FADDLE (noun)
  The noun FIDDLE-FADDLE has 1 sense:

1. trivial nonsenseplay

  Familiarity information: FIDDLE-FADDLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIDDLE-FADDLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Trivial nonsense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

balderdash; fiddle-faddle; piffle

Hypernyms ("fiddle-faddle" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)


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