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Meanings of fiddle in English

Portuguese
violino
Catalan
violí
Spanish
violín
Wikidata

A musical instrument of the strings family with four strings tuned in perfect fifths.

violino
Spanish
jugar

Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.

Related terms
jugar
Spanish
esquivar

Avoid (one's assigned duties)

esquivar

Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.

Synonyms
Examples for "shirk"
Examples for "shirk"
1
Yet it continues to shirk its responsibilities to the nation's public health.
The Guardian
2
No local authority should be able to shirk its responsibility, Lofven said.
Reuters
3
Clarence refused to shirk the sense of responsibility to himself, Helen says.
Ebony
4
Everybody had a job to do; no one was allowed to shirk.
Shadow prowler
5
The interview was perilous; but he was not one to shirk danger.
The Fortunate Youth
1
I'd just as soon goldbrick with malaria as with anything else.
Catch-22
2
I do not feel hard toward goldbrick men and "blue sky" venders.
The University of Hard Knocks
3
Out with the goldbrick first.
The Gentle Grafter
4
We chiseled, stole, malingered, goldbricked, and generally made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
Once there was a war
5
He sounded out of breath, but Hall had no idea why; he had been goldbricking all night.
Night Shift
1
Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.
The Guardian
2
The competition will shrink from January, leaving seven players with nationwide presence.
Reuters
3
I never shrink from personal discomfort: I never refuse to sacrifice myself.
Vanity Fair
4
But the medical school laboratory seems to shrink from the public scrutiny.
An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat...
5
In spite of their prejudices, they did not shrink from applying it.
Vane of the Timberlands
Usage of fiddle in English
1
Having consumed the said sweet, she continued to fiddle with the paper.
The Irish Times
2
One I knew played the fiddle; another preached Socialism in Hyde Park.
The Little Nugget
3
No sharp young troopers, fit as a fiddle and ready to fight.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
4
This bank will be blue in a few weeks; and fiddle-heads everywhere.
A Great Emergency and Other Tales
5
The fuss-and-fiddle days with parallel-sided cracks gave way to plug and chug.
Climbing Magazine
6
Playing second fiddle, the EU and the UN can stamp and shout.
The Guardian
7
The colored musician began to put his fiddle in the best order.
The Kentucky Ranger
8
Yes, but we determined that these will play second fiddle to climbing.
Climbing Magazine
9
Communion playing second fiddle to the civil rights movement and urban renewal.
Salem’s Lot
10
The wailing of the fiddle floated out upon the warm afternoon air.
Janice Day at Poketown
11
It involves playing the fiddle while, er, dressed as a sea eagle.
The Guardian
12
There's enough liquor in the head when the fiddle's in the hand.
The World for Sale, Volume 2.
13
I'd almost called one of the servants to fiddle in your ear.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
14
The tents were soaked and the ropes as tight as fiddle strings.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"
15
I play the big bass fiddle and the violin right off, and-
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
16
The fiddle Hawksley now held in his hands was dull, almost black.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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More collocations
Translations for fiddle
Catalan
violí
Fiddle through the time
Fiddle across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common