VERB | social | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
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possession | fiddle | commit fraud / fraud and steal from one's employer | |
creation | fiddle | play the violin or fiddle | |
creation | fiddle | play on a violin | |
contact | fiddle, toy, diddle, play | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | |
contact | fiddle, tamper, monkey | play around with or alter or falsify / falsify / falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | |
change | fiddle, tinker | try to fix or mend | |
NOUN | artifact | fiddle, violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
Sounds | fih'dahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | violin | |
Parts | chin rest | A rest on which a violinist can place the chin |
fiddlestick, violin bow | A bow used in playing the violin | |
Narrower | Amati | A violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family |
Guarnerius | A violin made by a member of the Guarneri / Guarneri family | |
Stradavarius, Strad | A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family | |
Broader | bowed stringed instrument, string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow |
Spanish | violín | |
Catalan | violí | |
Verbs | fiddle | play the violin or fiddle |
Meaning | avoid (one's assigned duties). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | |
Narrower | malinger, skulk | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill |
scrimshank | (British military language) avoid work | |
slack | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle | |
Broader | avoid | Refrain from doing something |
Spanish | correr, eludir, esquivar, evadir |
Meaning | commit fraud / fraud and steal from one's employer. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate | Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
Meaning | Play the violin or fiddle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
Broader | play | Perform music on (a musical instrument) |
Similar to | fiddle | Play on a violin |
Nouns | fiddle | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
fiddler | a musician who plays the violin |
Meaning | Play on a violin. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Broader | play, spiel | replay (as a melody) |
Similar to | fiddle | Play the violin or fiddle |
Spanish | amañar |
Meaning | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Don't fiddle with the screws" | |
Synonyms | toy, diddle, play | |
Narrower | put out, retire | Cause to be out on a fielding play |
Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
Spanish | jugar, juguetear | |
Nouns | fiddler | someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner |
Meaning | play around with or alter or falsify / falsify / falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The reporter fiddle with the facts" | |
Synonyms | tamper, monkey | |
Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
Spanish | manipular, trucar |
Meaning | try to fix or mend. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" | |
Synonym | tinker | |
Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken |
Nouns | fiddler | an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend |
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