fiddle

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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).
Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape: A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape: A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape: A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing: A scam; a fraud or swindle.
Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing: A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing: An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
An arrest warrant.
A watchman's rattle.
A trifling amount.

To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
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.
Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
To do odd jobs for money.

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