fiddles

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
• plural of fiddle

Verb

• avoid (one's assigned duties)
• commit fraud and steal from one's employer
• play the violin or fiddle
• play on a violin
• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
• try to fix or mend
  • "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle

Synonyms

diddle, fiddle, goldbrick, monkey, play, shirk, shrink from, tamper, tinker, toy, violin