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Noun: fiddle fidl- 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
- violin Verb: fiddle fidl- Avoid (one's assigned duties)
- shirk, shrink from, goldbrick [N. Amer] - Commit fraud and steal from one's employer
"We found out that she had been fiddling for years" - Play the violin or fiddle
- Play on a violin
"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" - Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
"Don't fiddle with the screws" - toy, diddle, play - Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"The reporter fiddle with the facts" - tamper, monkey - Try to fix or mend
"She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" - tinker
Derived forms: fiddled, fiddling, fiddles See also: fiddler Type of: avoid, bowed stringed instrument, bushel [US], defalcate, doctor, embezzle, fix, furbish up, malversate, manipulate, mend, misappropriate, peculate, play, repair, restore, spiel, string, touch on Encyclopedia: Fiddle |