| VERB | social | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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