Fiddles can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| fiddle - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" | ||
| fiddle - play the violin or fiddle | ||
| fiddle - play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" | ||
| fiddle - commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" | ||
| fiddle - 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" | ||
| fiddle - 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" | ||
| fiddle - 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" | ||
Noun |
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| fiddle - Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin. | ||
| fiddle - A kind of dock Rumex pulcher with leaves shaped like the musical instrument. | ||
| fiddle - An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw. | ||
| fiddle - A fraud; a scam. | ||
| fiddle - On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. |
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| 1. | verb | Don't fiddle with the screws. | |
| 2. | verb | The reporter fiddle with the facts. | |
| 3. | noun | You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today. | |
| 4. | noun | He's definitely the right guy for the job. Let him fiddle with a computer and he perks right up. | |
| 5. | noun | It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard? | |
| 6. | noun | Nero did not actually fiddle while Rome burned. | |
| 7. | noun | Tom seems to be as fit as a fiddle. | |
| 8. | noun | I won't play second fiddle for anyone. | |
| 9. | noun | Tom loves playing Irish tunes on the fiddle. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom didn't want to play second fiddle. | |
| 11. | noun | Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary. | |
| 12. | noun | Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary does. | |
| 13. | noun | The boy's as fit as a fiddle! | |
| 14. | noun | Tom plays the fiddle. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom is as fit as a fiddle. | |
| 16. | noun | Tom played several square dance tunes on his fiddle for us. | |
| 17. | noun | If you're going to fiddle with sentences, at least do it correctly. |
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| verb | |
| Don't fiddle with the screws. |
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| The reporter fiddle with the facts. |
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| noun | |
| You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today. | |
| He's definitely the right guy for the job. Let him fiddle with a computer and he perks right up. | |
| It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard? | |
| Nero did not actually fiddle while Rome burned. | |
| Tom seems to be as fit as a fiddle. | |
| I won't play second fiddle for anyone. | |
| Tom loves playing Irish tunes on the fiddle. | |
| Tom didn't want to play second fiddle. | |
| Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary. | |
| Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary does. | |
| The boy's as fit as a fiddle! | |
| Tom plays the fiddle. | |
| Tom is as fit as a fiddle. | |
| Tom played several square dance tunes on his fiddle for us. | |
| If you're going to fiddle with sentences, at least do it correctly. | |