fiddle
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
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Senses
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try to fix or mend
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manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
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play on a violin
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play the violin or fiddle
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commit fraud and steal from one's employer
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avoid (one's assigned duties)
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Variants
- synonym
- goldbrickmonkeyplaytinker
- pasttense
- fiddled
- presentparticiple
- fiddling
- thirdpersonsingular
- fiddles
- pastparticiple
- fiddled