fiddle in English dictionary

  • fiddle

    Meanings and definitions of "fiddle"

    • (music) 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.
    • An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
    • (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 )
    • To play aimlessly.
    • To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
    • (music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
    • noun
      (music)
      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.
    • noun
      A kind of dock ( Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
    • noun
      An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
    • noun
      A fraud; a scam.
    • noun
      (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)
    • verb
      To play aimlessly.
    • verb
      To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
    • verb
      (music)
      To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
    • verb
      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.
    • fraud
    • instrument
    • adjustment
    • to play aimlessly
    • to adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud
    • to play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style
    • fiddle (e.g. the books)
    • A musical instrument of the strings family with four strings tuned in perfect fifths.
    • 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
      avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
    • verb
      commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
    • 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 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
      play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
    • verb
      play the violin or 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"

    Synonyms of "fiddle" in English dictionary

    furbish up, bowed stringed instrument, violin are the top synonyms of "fiddle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fiddle

    • fiddle ( third-person singular simple present fiddles, present participle fiddling, simple past and past participle fiddled)
    • fiddle ( plural  fiddles)
    • fiddle (plural fiddles)
    • fiddle (third-person singular simple present fiddles, present participle fiddling, simple past and past participle fiddled)

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