Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to waste time, to shirk one’s duties, to change something.

1949		W. Burroughs letter 16 Jan. in Harris (1993) 35: His neglect takes the form of [...] expecting to take over until such time as he gets tired of fiddle fucking around N.Y.
1952		J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 242: Cant you see he’s in a hurry? You always fiddlef-- around.
1966		R. Stone Hall of Mirrors (1987) 313: I didn’t come out to play fiddly fuck.
1979		(con. 1949) J. Hurling Boomers 84: I’m not going to fiddle-fuck around ’til those pricks come out from the office.
2006		www.junkylife.com 15 Mar. 🌐 [...] and still I fiddle fuck around, getting parts of what needs done, done and then putting off the rest.