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  1. 1. n. A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To play on a fiddle. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle. Source: opted
  7. 7. 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 Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. avoid (one's assigned duties) Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. commit fraud and steal from one's employer Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. play the violin or fiddle Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. play on a violin Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination Source: wordnet

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