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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fiddle

1
 nv
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
play the violin or fiddle
2
 v
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
3
 v
avoid (one's assigned duties)
4
 v
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fiddle
1

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

Synonyms:
violin
Types:
Amati
a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family
Guarnerius
a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family
Strad, Stradavarius
a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family
Type of:
bowed stringed instrument, string
stringed instruments that are played with a bow

v play the violin or fiddle

Type of:
play
perform music on (a musical instrument)

v play on a violin

“Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely”
Type of:
play, spiel
replay (as a melody)
2

v manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

“Don't fiddle with the screws”
Synonyms:
diddle, play, toy
Types:
put out, retire
cause to be out on a fielding play
Type of:
manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it

v play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

“The reporter fiddle with the facts”
Synonyms:
monkey, tamper
Type of:
manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it

v try to fix or mend

“She always fiddles with her van on the weekend”
Synonyms:
tinker
Type of:
bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
3

v avoid (one's assigned duties)

Synonyms:
goldbrick, shirk, shrink from
Types:
scrimshank
British military language: avoid work
malinger, skulk
avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
slack
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
Type of:
avoid
refrain from doing something
4

v commit fraud and steal from one's employer

“We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
Type of:
defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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