Princeton's WordNet

1. violin, fiddle(verb)

   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

2. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick(verb)

   avoid (one's assigned duties)

   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

3. fiddle(verb)

   commit fraud and steal from one's employer

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

4. fiddle(verb)

   play the violin or fiddle

5. fiddle(verb)

   play on a violin

   "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

6. toy, fiddle, diddle, play(verb)

   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"

7. tamper, fiddle, monkey(verb)

   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"

8. tinker, fiddle(verb)

   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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. fiddle(verb)ˈfɪd l

   to quickly move sth around with your fingers

   Stop fiddling around with your pen and listen.

2. fiddleˈfɪd l

   to give false information for your own gain

   He was accused of fiddling company accounts.

3. fiddle(noun)ˈfɪd l

   a violin

   ***to play the fiddle

4. fiddleˈfɪd l

   a dishonest way to make money

   a tax fiddle

Wiktionary

1. fiddle(Noun)

   Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.

   When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.

2. fiddle(Noun)

   An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.

   That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.

3. fiddle(Noun)

   fraud

4. fiddle(Noun)

   On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail)

5. fiddle(Verb)

   To play aimlessly.

   You're fiddling your life away.

6. fiddle(Verb)

   To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.

7. fiddle(Verb)

   To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.

Origin: From fithele, from fiðele.

Webster Dictionary

1. Fiddle(noun)

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

2. Fiddle(noun)

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

3. Fiddle(noun)

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

4. Fiddle(verb)

   to play on a fiddle

5. Fiddle(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. Fiddle(verb)

   to play (a tune) on a fiddle

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