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▸ noun:  Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh 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.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Synonym of clown: an unserious person entertaining a group.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.
▸ noun:  (chiefly US, dated slang) Synonym of scam, a fraud or swindle.
▸ noun:  (slang) Synonym of workaround, a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
▸ noun:  (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
▸ noun:  (UK slang, obsolete) Synonym of arrest warrant.
▸ noun:  (UK slang, obsolete) Synonym of watchman's rattle.
▸ noun:  (UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
▸ noun:  Something resembling a violin in shape
▸ noun:  (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
▸ noun:  A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
▸ noun:  A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness.
▸ verb:  (informal, transitive) To cheat or swindle; to commit fraud.
▸ verb:  (informal, transitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”).

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