doctor vs fiddle

doctor

verb
  • To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document. 

  • To act as a medical doctor to. 

  • To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior. 

  • To act as a medical doctor. 

  • To genetically alter an extant species. 

  • To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. 

  • To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink). 

noun
  • A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK. 

  • A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university. 

  • A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. 

  • A fish, the friar skate. 

  • A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions. 

fiddle

verb
  • To cheat or swindle; to commit fraud. 

  • To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style. 

  • Synonym of tinker, to make small adjustments or improvements. 

  • To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness. 

noun
  • Synonym of workaround, a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem. 

  • A rack for drying pottery after glazing. 

  • A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument. 

  • Synonym of clown: an unserious person entertaining a group. 

  • Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water. 

  • Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically. 

  • A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc. 

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