fiddle

n. violin; raised edge which prevents objects from falling off flat surfaces (on a ship); swindle, deception, fraud (British Slang)

v. play the violin; engage in; mess around; idle, fidget; cheat, swindle (British Slang)

The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, is a style of music.
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For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel) The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. (The inclusion of the double bass in the family is disputed.)A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, no matter what kind of music is played on it. The word "violin" comes to us through the Romance languages from the Middle Latin word vitula, meaning "stringed instrument"; this word may also be the source of the Germanic "fiddle".
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n. fiddle, violin, stringed musical instrument which is played with a bow

To dream of a fiddle, foretells harmony in the home and many joyful occasions abroad.

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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) violin
(hypernym) bowed stringed instrument, string
(hyponym) Amati
(part-meronym) chin rest
Verb
1. avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
(synonym) shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
(hypernym) avoid
(hyponym) scrimshank
2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
(hypernym) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
3. play the violin or fiddle
(hypernym) play
(derivation) violin
(classification) music
4. play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
(hypernym) play, spiel
(classification) music
5. 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"
(synonym) toy, diddle, play
(hypernym) manipulate
(hyponym) put out, retire
(derivation) twiddler, fiddler
6. 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"
(synonym) tamper, monkey
(hypernym) manipulate
7. 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"
(synonym) tinker
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
(derivation) tinkerer, fiddler