fiddle

Noun

• 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

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• play on a violin
  • Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
    

• play the violin or fiddle

• commit fraud and steal from one's employer
  • We found out that she had been fiddling for years
    

• avoid (one's assigned duties)
  • The derelict soldier shirked his duties
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  violin , tinker , tamper , monkey , toy , diddle , play , shirk , shrink from , goldbrick