Fiddle
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Fiddle
Noun
- A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
"When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin."
- Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
"He is first fiddle in the band."
- Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape, particularly: A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument. A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc. A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
Verb
- To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
"to fiddle while Rome burns"
- To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
"Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books."
- To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
"Sit up straight and stop fiddling!"
- Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
"I don't exactly know how to fix this lawnmower; I'm really just fiddling."
- To do odd jobs for money.
Interjection
- Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
"Oh, fiddle. I left my whip in the stable."
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