ENGLISH: fiddle - CREOLE: jwe



Overview of noun fiddle



The noun fiddle has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) 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)



Overview of verb fiddle



The verb fiddle has 7 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")

2. fiddle -- (commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years")

3. fiddle -- (play the violin or fiddle)

4. fiddle -- (play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely")

5. 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")

6. 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")

7. 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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