" fiddler crab "

1: to make jerky or restless movements;

  * e.g., " ... the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fidget,

•  jerk,

•  jig,

•  jiggle,

•  squiggle,

•  squirm,

•  thrash,

•  thresh,

•  toss,

•  twist,

•  twitch,

•  wiggle,

•  wriggle,

•  writhe

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;

  * e.g., " ... conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat,

•  bilk,

•  bleed,

•  cheat,

•  chisel,

•  chouse,

•  con,

•  cozen,

•  defraud,

•  diddle,

•  do,

•  do in,

•  euchre,

•  fleece,

•  flimflam,

•  gaff,

•  hose,

•  hustle,

•  mulct,

•  nobble,

•  pluck,

•  ream,

•  rip off,

•  rook,

•  screw,

•  shake down,

•  short,

•  shortchange,

•  skin,

•  skunk,

•  squeeze,

•  stick,

•  stiff,

•  sting,

•  sucker,

•  swindle,

•  thimblerig,

•  victimize

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to spend time in aimless activity;

  * e.g., " ... we spent the snow day just fiddling around "

•  Synonyms : 

•  doodle,

•  fool around,

•  fribble,

•  goof (around),

•  hang about,

•  kick around,

•  mess around,

•  monkey (around),

•  play,

•  potter (around),

•  putter (around),

•  trifle

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously;

  * e.g., " ... I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system "

•  Synonyms : 

•  diddle (with),

•  fool (with),

•  mess (with),

•  monkey (with),

•  play (with),

•  tamper (with),

•  tinker (with),

•  toy (with),

•  twiddle (with)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)