How to say to fiddle with in Korean

Korean: 만지작대다[ man-ji-jak-dae-da ]

to fiddle with
to fiddle with만지작대다

Meaning

만지작대다 means to keep touching or playing with something using your hands. People use it when someone moves an object around absentmindedly, like keys, a pencil, or a toy. It often suggests small repeated hand movements, not a big action.

Example sentences

  1. 그는 열쇠를 만지작대고 있어요.

    He is fiddling with his keys.

  2. 아이가 장난감을 만지작대요.

    The child is playing with a toy.

  3. 저는 수업 시간에 연필을 만지작댔어요.

    I was fiddling with my pencil in class.

  4. 동생은 소파에서 리모컨을 만지작대고 있어요.

    My younger sibling is fiddling with the remote on the sofa.