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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fiddling.]
     1. To play on a fiddle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
              could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
        does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
        idleness; to trifle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
                                                    --Pepys.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fiddling.]
     1. To play on a fiddle.
  
              Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
              could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
  
     2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
        does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
        idleness; to trifle.
  
              Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
                                                    --Pepys.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     vb.
     (infl of en fiddle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     vb.
     (infl of en fiddle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     vb.
     (infl of en fiddle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     vb.
     (infl of en fiddle  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f iddle d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fiddled
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en fiddle ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb fiddle)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  مغشوش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/ 
  fidlal

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/ 
  pohrával

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  gefiedelt, gegeigt
        "I/he/she fiddled"  - ich/er/sie fiedelte
   see: fiddle, fiddling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  frisiert, gefälscht, verfälscht
   see: fiddle sth., fiddling, fiddle the income tax return
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  gekungelt
   see: fiddle, fiddling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  manipuliert, frisiert, gefälscht
     Synonyms: manipulated, tampered with, doctored, massaged, rigged, cooked, fudged, rorted
  
   see: manipulate sth., tamper with sth., doctor sth., massage sth., rig, cook sth., fudge sth., fiddle, rort sth., manipulating, tampering with, doctoring, massaging, rigging, cooking, fudging, fiddling, rorting, doctor documents, doctor photographs, cook the evidence, falsify the records, cook/fudge the books
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fiddled /fˈɪdəld/
  genestelt, gepfriemelt
     Synonym: fumbled
  
   see: fiddle (around) with sth., fumble (around) with sth., fiddling, fumbling
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɪdəɫd/


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