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gave fictitious names.
fiddle v. 1 Often, fiddle with. meddle (with), tamper (with),
interfere (with), alter, falsify, fix; cheat, swindle, flimflam;
Colloq finagle, Brit cook: The treasurer had been fiddling the
accounts for years. 2 Often, fiddle with or about or around.
toy or trifle or fidget (with), twiddle or play or tinker
(with), fool or fuss (with), Colloq mess or muck (about or
around) (with), frivol (away), monkey (around) (with): He sat
there nervously fiddling with his ear. Stop fiddling about and
get on with your work.
--n. 3 Brit swindle, fraud, racket, thimblerig, US shell-game,
Slang skin game, funny business, monkey business: The tax
inspector caught him in some fiddle with his business expenses.
4 violin, viola, viol, cello, violoncello, kit: He played
fiddle for the tsar.
fiddlesticks
interj. Nonsense!, Rubbish!, Colloq Fiddle-de-dee!,
Balderdash!, Stuff and Nonsense!, Poppycock!, Pish and tush!,
Tommy-rot!, Hogwash!, Eyewash!, Boloney!, Bilge-water!,
Moonshine!, Humbug!, Bosh!, Fiddle-faddle!, Bull!, Rot!, Brit
Codswallop!, Taboo slang Bullshit!, Balls!, Crap!, Horseshit!,
Brit Bollocks! or Ballocks!: When he said he'd pay what he
owed, I just said, 'Fiddlesticks!'
fidget v. 1 squirm, twitch, shuffle, wriggle, wiggle, fiddle, fuss;
fret, chafe: Stop fidgeting and tell me the truth!
--n. 2 fusspot, fuss-budget, cat on hot bricks, US cat on a hot
tin roof, Colloq US nervous Nellie: If her conscience is clear,
why is she such a fidget? 3 the fidgets. restlessness,
fidgetiness, dither, uneasiness, the jitters, nervousness,
itchiness, Colloq heebie-jeebies, jim-jams, ants in one's pants:
Whenever he tells a lie he gets a bad case of the fidgets.
field n. 1 ground, land, arable, pasture, grassland, meadow, green,
lawn, common, clearing, tract, area, acreage, Literary
greensward, lea, sward; Archaic mead: The house looks out over
the fields. 2 battlefield, battleground, airfield; (cricket)
pitch, football or hockey or soccer field, American football
gridiron: We marched onto the field prepared for anything. 3