noun

1. FIDDLE, 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
2. FIDDLE, a dishonest way of getting money

verb

1. FIDDLE, try to fix or mend
2. FIDDLE, play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
3. FIDDLE, manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
4. FIDDLE, play on a violin
5. FIDDLE, play the violin or fiddle
6. FIDDLE, commit fraud and steal from one's employer
7. FIDDLE, avoid (one's assigned duties)
8. FIDDLE, to play a violin
9. FIDDLE, to secretly change (something, such as information) in a harmful or dishonest way

1. an expert with the fiddle
2. arrested for a tax fiddle
3. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
4. the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin