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fiddle about (with something)
fiddle about (with something)
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 hem of your dress and sit still!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Cadeyrn | | - | Ancient Celtic |
| Timo (1) | | TEE-mo | Finnish, German, Dutch |
| Tevye | | - | Yiddish |
| Borislav | | bah-ree-SLAHF (Russian) | Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic |
| Evgenia | | yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian) | Greek, Russian, Bulgarian |
| DragoȘ | | - | Romanian |