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Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.

Example: When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.

A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.

An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.

Example: That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.

A fraud; a scam.

To play aimlessly.

Example: You're fiddling your life away.

To adjust or manipulate for deception or fraud.

Example: Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.

To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.

To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements.