All fiddle synonyms
fidΒ·dle
F f verb fiddle
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- fidget β to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- interfere β to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- trifle β an article or thing of very little value.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- toy β an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- monkey β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- tamper β to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- putter β to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- dabble β If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
- mess β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- finger β any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- twiddle β to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- doodle β a small pile of hay; haystack.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- puddle β a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- potter β Beatrix [bee-uh-triks] /Λbi Ι trΙͺks/ (Show IPA), 1866β1943, English writer and illustrator of children's books.
- play around β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pick at β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- jiggle β a jiggling movement.
- mess with β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- tinker β a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- diddle β If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- meddle β to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- mess about β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- falsify β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- tamper with β to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- manipulate β to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- cook the books β to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- play with β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- retune β a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- mess around β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
noun fiddle
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- contrivance β If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.