Definitions for fiddle
ˈfɪd lfid·dle

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. violin, fiddle(verb)

   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

2. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick(verb)

   avoid (one's assigned duties)

   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

3. fiddle(verb)

   commit fraud and steal from one's employer

   "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

4. fiddle(verb)

   play the violin or fiddle

5. fiddle(verb)

   play on a violin

   "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

6. toy, fiddle, diddle, play(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"

7. tamper, fiddle, monkey(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"

8. tinker, fiddle(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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fiddle(Noun)

   Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.

   When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.

2. fiddle(Noun)

   An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.

   That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.

3. fiddle(Noun)

   fraud

4. fiddle(Noun)

   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)

5. fiddle(Verb)

   To play aimlessly.

   You're fiddling your life away.

6. fiddle(Verb)

   To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.

7. fiddle(Verb)

   To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.

Origin: From fithele, from fiðele.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiddle(noun)

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

2. Fiddle(noun)

   a kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock

3. Fiddle(noun)

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

4. Fiddle(verb)

   to play on a fiddle

5. Fiddle(verb)

   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

6. Fiddle(verb)

   to play (a tune) on a fiddle

Origin: [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fiele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fila, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fiddle

   A fiddle is any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music. Common distinctions between violins and fiddles reflect the differences in the instruments used to play folk and classical music. However, it is not uncommon for classically trained violinists to play folk music, and today many fiddle players have classical training. Many traditional styles are aural traditions, so are taught 'by ear' rather than with written music.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiddle

   fid′l, n. a stringed instrument of music, called also a Violin.—v.t. or v.i. to play on a fiddle: to be busy over trifles, to trifle:—pr.p. fidd′ling; pa.p. fidd′led.—ns. Fidd′le-block, a long block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane; Fidd′le-bow, a bow strung with horse-hair, with which the strings of the fiddle are set vibrating.—interjs. Fidd′le-de-dee, Fidd′lestick (often pl.), nonsense!—v.i. Fidd′le-fadd′le, to trifle, to dally.—n. trifling talk.—adj. fussy, trifling.—interj. nonsense!—n. Fidd′le-fadd′ler.—adj. Fidd′le-fadd′ling.—ns. Fidd′le-head, an ornament at a ship's bow, over the cut-water, consisting of a scroll turning aft or inward; Fidd′ler, one who fiddles: a small crab of genus Gelasimus; Fidd′le-string, a string for a fiddle; Fidd′le-wood, a tropical American tree yielding valuable hard wood.—adj. Fidd′ling, trifling, busy about trifles.—Fiddler's green, a sailor's name for a place of frolic on shore.—Play first, or second, fiddle, to take the part of the first, or second, violin-player in an orchestra: to take a leading, or a subordinate, part in anything; Scotch fiddle, the itch. [A.S. fiðele; Ger. fiedel. See Violin.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiddle in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiddle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fiddle in a Sentence

1. Author Unknown:

   To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.

2. Md Khalequzzaman:

   The Sundarbans is too important an ecosystem to fiddle or experiment with.

3. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   If you stop prioritizing your marriage and allow it to play second fiddle to work, your partner will probably start to feel isolated and angry.

4. Edward Lear:

   I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle - so all is peace.

5. Roddy Piper:

   He's the driving force in our sport. I was the bad guy. I felt second fiddle, but as all things have come around, he deserves everything, all the accolades he can get.

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