fiddle

Meanings

• 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
• avoid (one's assigned duties)
• commit fraud and steal from one's employer
• play the violin or fiddle
• play on a violin
  • "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
  • "Don't fiddle with the screws"
• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
  • "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
• try to fix or mend
  • "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

Synonyms

diddle, goldbrick, monkey, play, shirk, shrink from, tamper, tinker, toy, violin