[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fiddle \fid"dle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. fiddled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   fiddling.
   1. to play on a fiddle.
      1913 webster

            themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
            could make a small town a great city. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
                                                  --pepys.
      1913 webster
see also:
fiddled fiddling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fiddle \fid"dle\ fi^d"d'l, n. oe. fidele, fithele, as.
   fiethele; akin to d. vedel, ohg. fidula, g. fiedel, icel.
   fiethla, and perh. to e. viol. cf. viol.
   1. mus. a stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
      violin; a kit.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. a kind of dock rumex pulcher with fiddle-shaped
      leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. a rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
      keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
      weather. --ham. nav. encyc.
      1913 webster

   fiddle beetle zool., a japanese carabid beetle damaster
      blaptoides; -- so called from the form of the body.

   fiddle block naut., a long tackle block having two
      sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
      of side by side as in a common double block. --knight.

   fiddle bow, fiddlestick.

   fiddle fish zool., the angel fish.

   fiddle head, see fiddle head in the vocabulary.

   fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
      etc., somewhat like a violin.

   scotch fiddle, the itch. low

   to play first fiddle, or to play second fiddle, to take a
      leading or a subordinate part. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
viol rumex pulcher fiddle dock fiddle beetle damaster blaptoides fiddle block 
fiddle bow fiddle fish fiddle head fiddle head fiddle pattern 
scotch fiddle to play first fiddle to play second fiddle 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fiddle \fid"dle\, v. t.
   to play a tune on a fiddle.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fiddle
     n : 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 syn: violin
     v 1: avoid one's assigned duties; "the derelict soldier shirked
          his duties" syn: shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
     2: commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "we found out
        that she had been fiddling for years"
     3: play the violin or fiddle
     4: play on a violin; "zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
     5: 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" syn: toy, diddle, play
     6: 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" syn: tamper,
         monkey
     7: 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" syn: tinker
see also:
violin shirk shrink from goldbrick toy diddle 
play tamper monkey tinker 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

96 moby thesaurus words for "fiddle":
   a string, amati, cremona, d string, e string, g string, strad,
   stradivari, stradivarius, alter, bass, bass viol, bow, bridge,
   bull fiddle, cello, cheat, contrabass, cook, coquet, crowd, dabble,
   dally, doodle, double bass, falsify, feel, fiddle with,
   fiddle-faddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fidget, fidget with,
   finagle, finger with, fingerboard, fix, flimflam, flirt, fool,
   fool around, fool with, fraud, fribble, frivol, handle,
   horse around, idle, interfere with, jerk off, kid around, kit,
   kit fiddle, kit violin, loiter, meddle with, mess, mess around,
   monkey, monkey around, monkey business, piddle, play, play around,
   play violin, play with, potter, puddle, putter, racket, saw,
   scrape, scroll, skin game, smatter, soundboard, string, swindle,
   tamper with, tenor violin, thimblerig, tinker, touch, toy,
   toy with, trifle, tuning peg, twiddle, viol, viola, violin,
   violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta

[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

fiddle, n.  an instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a
horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.

    to rome said nero:  "if to smoke you turn
    i shall not cease to fiddle while you burn."
    to nero rome replied:  "pray do your worst,
    'tis my excuse that you were fiddling first."
                                                            orm pludge

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