FIDDLED Synonyms

• a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

• an idle worthless person

• a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

• anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

• deprive of by deceit

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

• one who is playfully mischievous

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• a theatrical performance of a drama

• a preset plan of action in team sports

• a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

• a state in which action is feasible

• utilization or exercise

• an attempt to get something

• activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

• (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

• the removal of constraints

• a weak and tremulous light

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• movement or space for movement

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

• the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

• participate in games or sport

• act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome

• play on an instrument

• play a role or part

• be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

• replay (as a melody)

• perform music on (a musical instrument)

• pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

• move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

• bet or wager (money)

• engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

• pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity

• emit recorded sound

• perform on a certain location

• put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• behave in a certain way

• cause to emit recorded audio or video

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• use to one's advantage

• consider not very seriously

• be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space

• perform on a stage or theater

• be performed or presented for public viewing

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream

• make bets

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• shoot or hit in a particular manner

• use or move

• employ in a game or in a specific position

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• avoid dealing with

• a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

• a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

• formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living

• small mackerel found nearly worldwide

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

• work as a tinker or tinkerer

• try to fix or mend

• an artifact designed to be played with

• a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)

• a device regarded as providing amusement

• a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

• any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• 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

• avoid (one's assigned duties)