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fiddle
Found in thesaurus: bowed stringed instrument, string, avoid, misappropriate, embezzle, malversate, defalcate, peculate, play, spiel, manipulate, mend, fix, doctor, touch on, bushel, furbish up, repair, restore
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fiddle
n.
violin; raised edge which prevents objects from falling off flat surfaces (on a ship); swindle, deception, fraud (British Slang)
v.
play the violin; engage in; mess around; idle, fidget; cheat, swindle (British Slang)
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Fiddle
Fiddle is another name for the bowed string musical instrument more often called a violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, which could refer to various styles of music.
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fiddle
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) violin
(hypernym) bowed stringed instrument, string
(hyponym) Amati
(part-meronym) chin rest
Verb
1. avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
(synonym) shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
(hypernym) avoid
(hyponym) scrimshank
2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
(hypernym) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
3. play the violin or fiddle
(hypernym) play
(derivation) violin
(classification) music
4. play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
(hypernym) play, spiel
(classification) music
5. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
(synonym) toy, diddle, play
(hypernym) manipulate
(hyponym) put out, retire
(derivation) twiddler, fiddler
6. 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"
(synonym) tamper, monkey
(hypernym) manipulate
7. 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"
(synonym) tinker
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
(derivation) tinkerer, fiddler
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Fiddle (die)
nf.
fiddle, violin, stringed musical instrument which is played with a bow
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fiddle
n.
podfuk; piplačka; housle
v.
hrát si; zaonačit
