fiddling

everyone is fiddling their expenses.

a fiddling sum of money

a fiddling little key

Stop fiddling with that pen!

he sat in the car and played the radio, fiddling with the knobs.

children are the losers when politicians keep fiddling around with education.

"Well, we'd better get started and stop fiddling about."

With the world’s population growing fast and millions getting hungrier every day, the leaders of the rich nations just seem to be fiddling while Rome burns.