fiddle about

fiddle about

1. To play with or idly handle (something); to tinker (with something), especially ineptly or improperly. John, would you quit fiddling about with the engine and bring the car to a shop already? Mary, stop fiddling about with the hem of your dress and sit still!
2. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting. Quit fiddling about and work on your book report already! Tom spends most of his spare time fiddling about in the workshop downstairs.
See also: fiddle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fiddling
  • fiddle around
  • fiddle with
  • fiddle with (something)
  • jack off
  • hang about
  • laze
  • laze about
  • laze around