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fiddling
Overview of verb fiddle
The verb fiddle has 7 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")
2. fiddle -- (commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years")
3. fiddle -- (play the violin or fiddle)
4. fiddle -- (play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely")
5. toy, fiddle, diddle, play -- (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")
6. tamper, fiddle, monkey -- (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")
7. tinker, fiddle -- (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")
Overview of adj fiddling
The adj fiddling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")
Antonyms of verb fiddle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fiddle
7 senses of fiddle
Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
=> avoid
Sense 2
fiddle
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> steal
=> take
Sense 3
fiddle
=> play
=> sound
Sense 4
fiddle
=> play, spiel
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
=> manipulate
=> handle, palm
=> touch
Sense 6
tamper, fiddle, monkey
=> manipulate
=> handle, palm
=> touch
Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fiddle
2 of 7 senses of fiddle
Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
=> scrimshank
=> malinger, skulk
=> slack
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
=> put out, retire
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fiddle
7 senses of fiddle
Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
=> avoid
Sense 2
fiddle
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
Sense 3
fiddle
=> play
Sense 4
fiddle
=> play, spiel
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
=> manipulate
Sense 6
tamper, fiddle, monkey
=> manipulate
Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
'Cause To' of verb fiddle
Derived Forms of verb fiddle
3 of 7 senses of fiddle
Sense 3
fiddle
RELATED TO>(noun) fiddle#1
=> violin, fiddle
RELATED TO>(noun) fiddler#1
=> violinist, fiddler
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
RELATED TO>(noun) fiddler#2
=> twiddler, fiddler
Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
RELATED TO>(noun) fiddler#3
=> tinkerer, fiddler
Domain of verb fiddle
2 of 7 senses of fiddle
Sense 3
fiddle
TOPIC>(noun) music#3
Sense 4
fiddle
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of verb fiddle
Familiarity of verb fiddle
fiddle used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb fiddle
7 senses of fiddle
Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
fiddle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
fiddle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
fiddle
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
tamper, fiddle, monkey
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fiddle
7 senses of fiddle
Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
> avoid
=> fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
Sense 2
fiddle
> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> fiddle
Sense 3
fiddle
> play
=> register
=> skirl
=> beat
=> tweedle
=> chord
=> pipe
=> drum
=> harp
=> fiddle
=> trumpet
=> clarion
Sense 4
fiddle
> play, spiel
=> riff
=> misplay
=> fiddle
=> replay
=> prelude
=> jazz
=> rag
=> bugle
=> reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
=> slur
=> bang out
=> modulate
=> tongue
Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
> manipulate
=> lay hands on
=> mouse
=> twiddle, fiddle with
=> wield, handle
=> operate, control
=> massage, rub down, knead
=> knead, work
=> shuffle, ruffle, mix
=> tamper, fiddle, monkey
=> toy, fiddle, diddle, play
Sense 6
tamper, fiddle, monkey
> manipulate
=> lay hands on
=> mouse
=> twiddle, fiddle with
=> wield, handle
=> operate, control
=> massage, rub down, knead
=> knead, work
=> shuffle, ruffle, mix
=> tamper, fiddle, monkey
=> toy, fiddle, diddle, play
Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> tinker, fiddle
=> fill
=> piece, patch
=> cobble
=> point, repoint
=> trouble-shoot
=> patch, patch up
=> sole, resole
=> vamp, revamp
=> heel, reheel
=> darn
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fiddle
Sense 3
fiddle
=> play
Sense 4
fiddle
=> play, spiel
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Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
=> avoid
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Sense 2
fiddle
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
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Sense 5
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
=> manipulate
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Sense 6
tamper, fiddle, monkey
=> manipulate
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Sense 7
tinker, fiddle
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
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Grep of verb fiddle
fiddle
fiddle with
Antonyms of adj fiddling
1 sense of fiddling
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import
Similarity of adj fiddling
1 sense of fiddling
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
=> unimportant (vs. important)
Pertainyms of adj fiddling
Attributes of adj fiddling
Domain of adj fiddling
1 sense of fiddling
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj fiddling
Familiarity of adj fiddling
fiddling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj fiddling
fiddling
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