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      fiddle
      noun
      A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
      A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
      (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
      (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
      (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
      Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape, particularly:
      (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
      A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
      A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
      (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
      (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
      (figurative) Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.
      (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
      (UK slang, obsolete) An arrest warrant.
      (UK slang, obsolete) A watchman's rattle.
      (UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
      verb
      (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
      (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
      (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
      (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
      (intransitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To do odd jobs for money.
      Synonyms for fiddle
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