What is the meaning of fiddle?

noun

• 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.
  • synonyms: violin

verb

• Avoid (one's assigned duties. )
  • usage: "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
  • synonyms: shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
• Commit fraud and steal from one's employer.
  • usage: "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
• Play the violin or fiddle.
• Play on a violin.
  • usage: "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
• Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.
  • usage: "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
  • synonyms: toy, diddle, play
• Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.
  • usage: "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
  • synonyms: tamper, monkey
• Try to fix or mend.
  • usage: "Can you tinker with the T. V. Set-it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
  • synonyms: tinker