Definition of fiddle

noun (n)

• bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: violin
  

  source: wordnet30
• A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• avoid (one's assigned duties) (verb.social)

  Synonym: goldbrick, shirk, shrink from
  

  source: wordnet30
• commit fraud and steal from one's employer (verb.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• play the violin or fiddle (verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• play on a violin (verb.creation)

  Example:
  Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely.
  

  source: wordnet30
• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination (verb.contact)

  Synonym: diddle, play, toy
  

  Example:
  Don't fiddle with the screws.
  

  source: wordnet30
• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly (verb.contact)

  Synonym: monkey, tamper
  

  Example:
  The reporter fiddle with the facts.
  

  source: wordnet30
• try to fix or mend (verb.change)

  Synonym: tinker
  

  Example:
  She always fiddles with her van on the weekend.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To play on a fiddle. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To play (a tune) on a fiddle. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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