fiddle

Definitions

• (music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.
• A kind of dock () with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
• An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
• A fraud; a scam.
• (nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail)