fiddle

[Fid·dle]

A fiddle is the same thing as a violin. The instrument, which has strings and is played with a bow, is more likely to be called a fiddle when it's used to play traditional or folk tunes, rather than classical music.

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A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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

Verb
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"

Verb
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"

Verb
manipulate manually or in one''s mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don''t fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

Verb
play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

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Verb
play the violin or fiddle

Verb
commit fraud and steal from one''s employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

Verb
avoid (one''s assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

n.
A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

n.
A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

n.
A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.

v. i.
To play on a fiddle.

v. i.
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.

v. t.
To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

Fiddle

Fid"dle , n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fiele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fila, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock. 3. (Naut.) 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 (Zo'94l.), 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 (Zo'94l.), 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, ∨ second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

Fiddle

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.

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.

Fiddle

Fid"dle , v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

To play on a fiddle.

To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

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Usage Examples

I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My dad played fiddle as well.

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.