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Nig·gle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Niggled p. pr. & vb. n. Niggling ] To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.]
nig·gling n. Finicky or pottering work; specif. Fine Arts, Minute and very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like, esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.
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niggling
adj : (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse
regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details";
"limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts";
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the
law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling,
footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, piddling,
piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]