fiddle in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   toy  fiddle  diddle  play 
   
2. 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"
   tinker  fiddle 
   
3. 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"
   tamper  fiddle  monkey 
   
4. play the violin or fiddle
   fiddle 
   
5. play on a violin
   "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
   fiddle 
   
6. commit fraud and steal from one's employer
   "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
   fiddle 
   
7. avoid (one's assigned duties)
   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
   fiddle  shirk  shrink from  goldbrick 
   

1. 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
   violin  fiddle