1. (verb) 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
Synonyms: fiddle, violin
2. (verb) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
avoid (one's assigned duties)
Synonyms: monkey, shirk, con, play, rook, tinker, bunco, swindle, shrink from, toy, tamper, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, scam, fiddle, hornswoggle, diddle, gip, short-change, defraud, mulct
3. (verb) fiddle
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
Synonyms: play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinker
4. (verb) fiddle
play the violin or fiddle
Synonyms: play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinker
5. (verb) fiddle
play on a violin
Synonyms: play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinker
6. (verb) toy, fiddle, diddle, play
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
Synonyms: rook, swindle, fiddle, bet, spiel, act, victimize, bring, gip, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, wager, run, con, flirt, trifle, diddle, monkey, meet, tinker, gyp, roleplay, dally, act as, toy, playact, encounter, make for, defraud, hornswoggle, play, represent, nobble, bunco, short-change, recreate, work, take on, scam, wreak, mulct, shrink from
7. (verb) tamper, fiddle, monkey
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
Synonyms: shrink from, shirk, muck about, monkey, goldbrick, potter, play, monkey around, tinker, muck around, putter, toy, tamper, meddle, mess around, fiddle, diddle
8. (verb) tinker, fiddle
try to fix or mend
Synonyms: play, fiddle, shirk, muck around, goldbrick, monkey, shrink from, tinker, muck about, monkey around, putter, toy, mess around, diddle, potter, tamper
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