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Fiddle

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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Avoid 76% connected

To empty.

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Bushel 76% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Defalcate 76% connected

To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

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Doctor 76% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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Embezzle 76% connected

To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezz…

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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Mend 76% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Misappropriate 76% connected

To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

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Peculate 76% connected

To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Manner of action 4

Malinger 76% connected

To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Skulk 76% connected

To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.

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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Derivationally related 8

Fiddler 74% connected

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

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Fiddler 74% connected

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

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Scamp 74% connected

A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

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Scamp 74% connected

A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

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Violin 74% connected

A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

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Violin 74% connected

A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

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Violinist 74% connected

A player on the violin.

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Violinist 74% connected

A player on the violin.

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Component part 1

Fiddlestick 70% connected

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

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Synonym 8

Diddle 92% connected

To totter, as a child in walking.

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Monkey 92% connected

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Play 92% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Shirk 92% connected

To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tamper 92% connected

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tinker 92% connected

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Toy 92% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Violin 92% connected

A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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