fiddle

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

2. 2noun

   A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

3. 3noun

   A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To play on a fiddle.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.

6. 6transitive verb

   To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

7. 7noun

   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
8. 8verb

   try to fix or mend

   "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"

   "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

   Synonyms

   tinker
9. 9verb

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

   "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"

   "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

   Synonyms

   monkeytamper
10. 10verb

    manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

    "She played nervously with her wedding ring"

    "Don't fiddle with the screws"

    Synonyms

    diddleplaytoy
11. 11verb

    play on a violin

    "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

12. 12verb

    play the violin or fiddle

13. 13verb

    commit fraud and steal from one's employer

    "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

14. 14verb

    avoid (one's assigned duties)

    "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

    Synonyms

    goldbrickshirk