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(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
fiddle, violin
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(verb) avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from
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(verb) commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
fiddle
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(verb) play the violin or fiddle
fiddle
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(verb) play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
fiddle
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(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"
fiddle, play, diddle, toy
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(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"
tamper, monkey, fiddle
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(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"
tinker, fiddle
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