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1. (informal) small and of little importance
   "a fiddling sum of money"
   - footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune [N. Amer], trivial

1. Avoid (one's assigned duties)
   - shirk, shrink from, goldbrick [N. Amer]
    
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
   "Don't fiddle with the screws"
   - toy, diddle, play
    
6. Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
   "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
   - tamper, monkey
    
7. Try to fix or mend
   "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
   - tinker

See also: fiddler, unimportant

Type of: avoid, bushel [US], defalcate, doctor, embezzle, fix, furbish up, malversate, manipulate, mend, misappropriate, peculate, play, repair, restore, spiel, touch on

Encyclopedia: Fiddle