Definition: 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
Definition: try to fix or mend
Usage: Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right; She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
Main entry: fiddle, tamper, monkey
Definition: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
Usage: Someone tampered with the documents on my desk; The reporter fiddle with the facts
Main entry: fiddle, diddle, play, toy
Definition: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
Usage: She played nervously with her wedding ring; Don't fiddle with the screws; He played with the idea of running for the Senate
Main entry: fiddle
Definition: play on a violin
Usage: Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
Main entry: fiddle
Definition: play the violin or fiddle
Main entry: fiddle
Definition: commit fraud and steal from one's employer
Usage: We found out that she had been fiddling for years
Main entry: goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Definition: avoid (one's assigned duties)
Usage: The derelict soldier shirked his duties