Crossword clues for faddle
faddle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faddle \Fad"dle\, v. i. [Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.]
To trifle; to toy. -- v. t. To fondle; to dandle. [Prov.
Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to make much of a child," 1680s. Related: Faddled; faddling.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To trifle; to toy. 2 (context UK dialect English) To fondle; to dandle.
Usage examples of "faddle".
I had five boxes of Fiddle Faddle, two bags of Double-Stuff Oreo cookies, a ten-pack of Snickers bars, two bags of Fritos and one of Doritos, seven Gogurts in a variety of flavors, one bag of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, a box of Count Chocula, a two-pound bag of Skittles, and a six-pack of Yoo-Hoo locked in my room.
Is that reason to use time all up with fiddling and faddling until, oh, sorry, suddenly unexpected event takes place and time is all gone and you die?
Someone had fiddled when he should have faddled, and a nuclear weapon had gone off .