Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fiddle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tamper | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fiddle (noun) | tamper (noun) |
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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 | a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) |
fiddle (verb) | tamper (verb) |
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try to fix or mend | play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly |
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly |
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | |
play the violin or fiddle | |
play on a violin | |
commit fraud and steal from one's employer | |
avoid (one's assigned duties) |