See Also: fiddle(medicine)
fiddle(1)(dictionary)
fiddle(2)(dictionary)
Fiddle - Sailing(gambling)
fiddle-shaped(medicine)
fiddle-faddle(dictionary)
fiddle 1, noun(dictionary)
fiddle 2, verb(dictionary)

fiddle(2) (iou)



fiddle verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Play the fiddle. LME.
V. Woolf An old Spaniard who fiddled..so as to make a tortoise waltz.
verb trans. Play (a tune etc.) on the fiddle. LME.
verb intrans. Be idle or frivolous; make aimless movements, toy or play with, about, at, etc.; fritter away. M16.
Swift He took a pipe in his hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it. H. Smart They've had him fiddling about so long in the school, he's most likely forgot how to gallop.
a. verb trans. Cheat, swindle, falsify; get by cheating. slang. E17.
G. Clare He..found out that the books had been fiddled, and how the fiddling had been done.
b. verb intrans. Cheat; intrigue. M19.