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1. (n.) fiddle
a musical instrument of the viol family.
2. fiddle
a barrier to keep dishes, pots, utensils, etc., from sliding off a ship's table.
3. (v.i.) fiddle
to play the fiddle.
4. fiddle
to make fussing movements with the hands (often fol. by with).
5. fiddle
to manipulate something; tinker (often fol. by with).
6. fiddle
to waste time; dally (often fol. by around).
7. fiddle
to cheat.
8. (v.t.) fiddle
to play (a tune) on a fiddle.
9. fiddle
to trifle or waste (usu. used with away):
to fiddle time away.
10. fiddle
Informal.
11. fiddle
to falsify (accounts).
12. fiddle
to contrive by cheating.
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| Definition of 'fiddle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) violin, fiddle
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. (verb) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
3. (verb) fiddle
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
"We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
4. (verb) fiddle
play the violin or fiddle
5. (verb) fiddle
play on a violin
"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
6. (verb) toy, fiddle, diddle, play
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. (verb) tamper, fiddle, monkey
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. (verb) tinker, fiddle
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"
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1. (verb) fiddle
to quickly move sth around with your fingers
Stop fiddling around with your pen and listen.
2. fiddle
to give false information for your own gain
He was accused of fiddling company accounts.
3. (noun) fiddle
a violin
***to play the fiddle
4. fiddle
a dishonest way to make money
a tax fiddle
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| Definition of 'fiddle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fiddle
a stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit
2. (noun) fiddle
a kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock
3. (noun) fiddle
a rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather
4. (verb) fiddle
to play on a fiddle
5. (verb) fiddle
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. (verb) fiddle
to play (a tune) on a fiddle
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Sense: a violin
She played the fiddle.
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 Afrikaans: viool |
 Arabic: كَمان، رَبابَه |
 Bulgarian: цигулка |
 Brazilian: violino |
 Czech: housle |
 German: die Geige |
 Danish: violin |
 Greek: βιολί |
 Spanish: violín |
 Estonian: viiul |
 Farsi: ویولن |
 Finnish: viulu |
 French: violon |
 Hebrew: כִּינוֹר |
 Hindi: बेला |
 Croatian: violina |
 Hungarian: hegedű |
 Indonesian: biola |
 Icelandic: fiðla |
 Italian: violino |
 Japanese: バイオリン |
 Korean: 바이올린 |
 Lithuanian: smuikas |
 Latvian: vijole |
 Malay: biola |
 Dutch: viool |
 Norwegian: fele, fiolin |
 Polish: skrzypce |
 Persian: ویولن |
 Pashto: وایلون |
 Portuguese: violino |
 Romanian: vioară |
 Russian: скрипка |
 Slovak: husle |
 Slovenian: gosli |
 Serbian: violina |
 Swedish: fiol |
 Thai: เครื่องดนตรีตระกูลซอหรือไ |
 Turkish: keman |
 Taiwanese: 小提琴 |
 Ukrainian: скрипка |
 Urdu: وائلن |
 Vietnamese: đàn viôlông |
 Chinese: 小提琴 |
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