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fraudAn adjustment intended to cover up a basic flawAny of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin 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 traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical styleTo play aimlesslyTo adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etcto play on a fiddle, trifle, do little, idlea kind of musical instrument violin; raised edge which prevents objects from falling off flat surfaces (on a ship); swindle, deception, fraud (British Slang)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" A generic name covering any European bowed string instrument since the Middle Ages Colloquial name for Violin If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it. He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show the violin; a four-stringed instrument played with a bow The terms "fiddle" and "violin" are used interchangeably by fiddlers like Henry Reed, though they and other Americans sometimes use "violin" as the more formal and "fiddle" as the more informal word For Henry Reed, "fiddle" and "violin" both refer to the modern violin, the basic design of which was developed in Italy in the seventeenth century and had spread throughout Europe and the Americas by the later eighteenth century There is a tradition of locally crafted violins in the Appalachians, but many of the instruments current in the region were manufactured elsewhere in the United States or Europe Other kinds and shapes of fiddle, including "cigarbox fiddles" and other simple children's instruments, are found here and there in the Appalachians but are thought of as children's toys, training instruments, or novelties avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his dutiesTo play (a tune) on a fiddleThe violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin play the violin or fiddle commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kitmanipulate 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" A small rail on tables and counters used to keep objects from sliding off when heeled or in heavy seas play the violin or fiddleIf you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways. She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves. He's been fiddling the books Colloquial term for violin; often used in traditional musicavoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" play the violin; engage in; mess around; idle, fidget; cheat, swindle (British Slang)If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk Back-A fine, strong, even, ripple figure as frequently seen on the backs of violins It is found principally in mahogany and maple, but occurs sometimes in other woods 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 commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather 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 To play on a fiddleA kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; called also fiddle dock 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" To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle To play traditional tunes on a violin using the aforementioned stylesSomeone who is as fit as a fiddle is very healthy and full of energy. I'm as fit as a fiddle -- with energy to spare Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances. = violin Battens fitted to the edges of cabin tables or counters to prevent objects from sliding in rough weather İlgili Terimler
fiddle the booksTo alter financial records in order to commit fraud, tax evasion or theftfiddle withTo adjust the position, as of an electronic device, in order to provide better reception or signal fiddle withTo manipulate in order to gain something for oneselffiddle withTo manipulate an object, especially in a nervous or restless mannerfiddle aboutLounge around, loiter aboutfiddle-faddleRubbishy nonsense; talk not worth attention. A ricochet word, of which we have a vast number, as "flim-flam," "helter-skelter," "wishy-washy," etc. To fiddle is to waste time in playing on the fiddle, and hence fiddle means a trifle, and fiddle-faddle is silly trifle or silly nonsense fiddle aboutbe lazy, lounge around, loiter aboutfiddle aroundIf you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine. = tinker fiddle arounddisapproval If you say that someone is fiddling around with or fiddling about with something, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of. Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on fiddle while Rome burns handle issues that are not really important and neglect important ones during a crisisfiddle withplay with restlessly, fidgetfiddle-faddlenonsense, trivial matter, triflefirst fiddleThe player of the first fiddle partfirst fiddleThe fiddle part generally carrying the melodyfit as a fiddlePerfectly fit; in excellent health; in excellent conditionfit as a fiddlein good shape, in good condition, fit, healthy, sturdyfiddlingOf petty or trivial importance; footlingfiddlingPresent participle of fiddlelead fiddleSomewhat rarer synonym of first fiddleplay second fiddleTo play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something elseplay someone like a fiddleTo manipulate (a person) skilfullysecond fiddleA fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddlesecond fiddleA sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a personsecond fiddleThe person playing second fiddlefiddlerone who plays upon a fiddle, a triflerA fiddlefithelA fiddlegigA fiddlefithulA fiddlecrowdbass fiddlelargest and lowest member of the violin familyface as long as a fiddlevery sad countenance, sorrowful facefiddledpast of fiddlefiddlerThe common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); so called because it continually oscillates its body fiddlerA fiddler is someone who plays the violin, especially one who plays folk music. = violinist fiddleran unskilled person who tries to fix or mendfiddlerOne who plays the fiddlefiddlerA burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many speciesfiddlerone who plays a fiddle; dawdler, one who wastes timefiddlersomeone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious mannerfiddlerOne who plays on a fiddle or violinfiddlera musician who plays the violinfiddlerThe male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab fiddlersplural of fiddlerfiddlesplural of fiddlefiddling(informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction fiddlingYou can describe something as fiddling if it is small, unimportant, or difficult to do. the daunting amount of fiddling technical detail. unimportant, and annoying fiddlingaction of the verb to fiddlefiddlingViolin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to as fiddlingfiddlingunimportant, worthless, trivialfiddlingFiddling is the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents. Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm had a face as long as a fiddlehad a long face, looked very sorrowfulplay first fiddlebe the most important, be the most significantplay second fiddlefill a secondary role, do a job of minor importancesecond fiddleaccompaniment, secondary musical instrument; intermediary, minor, marginal, junior, vice second fiddlea secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone"second fiddlesomeone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role