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fiddle


fiddle - noun

  • 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

    • fiddle - verb

    • avoid (one's assigned duties)
    • commit fraud and steal from one's employer
    • play the violin or fiddle
    • play on a violin
    • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
    • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
    • try to fix or mend

    fiddle - thesaurus

    diddle   goldbrick   monkey   play   shirk   tamper   tinker   toy   violin  


    View spelling list Words ending in dle and learn about the word fiddle in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 26. Word endings: -le, and exceptions e.g. al, el, ol.

    Other Spellzone word lists: Musical instruments

    Scrabble score for fiddle

    f is 4 i is 1 d is 2 d is 2 l is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 11

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