violin, fiddle
(noun) 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
tinker, fiddle
(verb) try to fix or mend; âCan you tinker with the T.V. set--itâs not working rightâ; âShe always fiddles with her van on the weekendâ
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
(verb) manipulate manually or in oneâs mind or imagination; âShe played nervously with her wedding ringâ; âDonât fiddle with the screwsâ; âHe played with the idea of running for the Senateâ
fiddle
(verb) play on a violin; âZuckerman fiddled that song very nicelyâ
fiddle
(verb) play the violin or fiddle
fiddle
(verb) commit fraud and steal from oneâs employer; âWe found out that she had been fiddling for yearsâ
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
(verb) avoid (oneâs assigned duties); âThe derelict soldier shirked his dutiesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fiddle (plural fiddles)
(music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.
Synonym: violin
A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
A fraud; a scam.
(nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail)
fiddle (third-person singular simple present fiddles, present participle fiddling, simple past and past participle fiddled)
To play aimlessly.
(transitive) To adjust or manipulate for deception or fraud.
(music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements.
• (to adjust in order to cover a basic flaw): fudge
Source: Wiktionary
Fid"dle, n. Etym: [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Fiddle beetle (Zoöl.), a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides); -- so called from the form of the body.
– Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. Knight.
– Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
– Fiddle fish (Zoöl.), the angel fish.
– Fiddle head, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
– Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin.
– Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low) -- To play first, or second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
Fid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fiddling.]
1. To play on a fiddle. Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon.
2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.
Fid"dle, v. t.
Definition: To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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