tinkerer, fiddler
(noun) an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
twiddler, fiddler
(noun) someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
violinist, fiddler
(noun) a musician who plays the violin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fiddler (plural Fiddlers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fiddler is the 25187th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 984 individuals. Fiddler is most common among White (78.86%) individuals.
• Friddle
fiddler (plural fiddlers)
One who plays the fiddle.
One who fiddles.
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.
The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it continually oscillates its body.
• fiddlist, fiddleist (dated)
• Friddle
Source: Wiktionary
Fid"dler, n. Etym: [AS. fi.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. Fiddler crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
