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Definition of Fiddle

1. 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.

2. Verb. Avoid (one's assigned duties). "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

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

4. Verb. Play the violin or fiddle.

5. Verb. Play on a violin. "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

6. Verb. Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

7. Verb. Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

8. Verb. Try to fix or mend. "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

Definition of Fiddle

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

2. v. i. To play on a fiddle.

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

Definition of Fiddle

1. to play a violin [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Medical Definition of Fiddle

1. 1. A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; called also fiddle dock. 3. A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Fiddle beetle, 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. To play first, or second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. Origin: OE. Fidele, fithele, AS. Fiele; akin to D. Vedel, OHG. Fidula, G. Fiedel, Icel. Fila, and perh. To E. Viol. Cf. Viol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddle

ficusin Ficus aurea Ficus bengalensis Ficus carica Ficus carica sylvestris Ficus deltoidea Ficus diversifolia Ficus elastica Ficus religiosa Ficus rubiginosa

Ficus sycomorus fid fid fiddious fiddle (current term) fiddle (current term) fiddle-faddle fiddle-shaped fiddle-shaped fiddleback

fiddlebacks fiddled fiddledeedee fiddlehead fiddleheads fiddlehead fern fiddleneck fiddler fiddler fiddlers

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