Definition of Faddle:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To trifle; to toy; fiddle- faddle, idle or purposeless action or talk.

Usage examples:

• The longueurs and the fiddle- faddle the shameless and fulsome preface- advertisements and the rest lay open enough to censure. George Saintsbury in "The English Novel".

• I think it is hard enough for poor human natur' to keep the commandments of the Lord and the laws of the land without having to be bound by a passel of fiddle- faddle fancies! Emma D. E. N. Southworth in "Her Mother's Secret".

• I venture again to interrupt the current of Mr. Leigh's narrative with a word or two on the " Fiddle- Faddle book. William Powell Frith in "John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1".

• Dost thou think I will fiddle- faddle about myself like a woman? Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr in "An Orkney Maid".