fiddles
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Definitions offiddles
- Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.
Synonyms: violin
Example: "When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin."
- A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
- An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
Example: "That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right."
- A fraud; a scam.
- 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. (Also fiddle rail)
- To play aimlessly.
Example: "You're fiddling your life away."
- To adjust or manipulate for deception or fraud.
Example: "Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books."
- To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
- To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements.
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