Usually means: Adjust or manipulate something idly.
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  1. fiddle with: Merriam-Webster
  2. fiddle with: Vocabulary.com
  3. fiddle with: Wiktionary
  4. fiddle with: Dictionary.com
  5. fiddle with: Rhymezone
  6. fiddle with: FreeDictionary.org
  7. fiddle with: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. fiddle with: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. fiddle with: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fiddle with: Encyclopedia

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  1. fiddle with: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fiddle with)

verb:  To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner.
verb:  To tinker with: to make small adjustments or improvements to (something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
verb:  (figuratively) To manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.
verb:  (slang, usually reflexive) To masturbate.

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