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
Similar word(s): violin
Definition categories: man–made, string
Sentences with fiddle as a noun:
- When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
- That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
verb
1. avoid (one's assigned duties)
Similar word(s): goldbrick, shirk
Definition categories: social, avoid
2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer
Definition categories: possession, defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate
3. play the violin or fiddle
Definition categories: creation, play
4. play on a violin
- Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
Definition categories: creation, play, spiel
5. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- Don't fiddle with the screws
Similar word(s): diddle, play, toy
Definition categories: contact, manipulate
6. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- The reporter fiddle with the facts
Similar word(s): monkey, tamper
Definition categories: contact, manipulate
7. try to fix or mend
- She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
Similar word(s): tinker
Definition categories: change, bushel, doctor, fix, mend, repair, restore
Sentences with fiddle as a verb:
- I needed to fiddle the lighting parameters to get the image to look right.