1. • noun - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family
   • verb - avoid (one's assigned duties)
   • verb - commit fraud and steal from one's employer
   • verb - play the violin or fiddle
   • verb - play on a violin
   • verb - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
   • verb - play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
   • verb - try to fix or mend
2. • Music.
   • A violin.
   • A member of the violin family.
   • A guardrail used on a table during rough weather to prevent things from slipping off.
   • Nonsensical, trifling matters: “There are things that are important/beyond all this fiddle” (Marianne Moore).
   • The act or an instance of cheating or swindling; fraud.
   • To play a violin.
   • To move one’s fingers or hands in a nervous fashion.
   • To occupy oneself in an aimless or desultory way: liked to fiddle with all the knobs and dials.
   • To meddle or tamper: a reporter who fiddled with the facts.
   • To commit a fraud, especially to steal from one’s employer.
   • To play (a tune) on a violin.
   • To cheat or swindle.
   • To alter or falsify (accounts, for example) for dishonest gain.
3. • v - to play a violin

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