1. fiddle - noun
· 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(s): violin
Hypernym(s): bowed_stringed_instrument, string
2. fiddle - verb
· avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
Synonym(s): shirk, shrink_from, goldbrick
Hypernym(s): avoid
3. fiddle - verb
· commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
Hypernym(s): embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
4. fiddle - verb
· play the violin or fiddle
Hypernym(s): play
5. fiddle - verb
· play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
6. fiddle - 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"
Hypernym(s): manipulate
7. fiddle - 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"
Hypernym(s): manipulate
8. 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"
Synonym(s): tinker
Hypernym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish_up, restore, touch_on
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