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How to sign: 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
Similiar / Same: violin
Categories: bowed stringed instrument, string
Within this category: Amati, Guarnerius, Stradavarius
How to sign: avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties";
Similiar / Same: shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
Categories: avoid
Within this category: malinger, scrimshank, slack
How to sign: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts";
Similiar / Same: tamper
Categories: manipulate
How to sign: try to fix or mend
"Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend";
Similiar / Same: tinker
Categories: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
