fiddle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈfɪ.dl̩/

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Noun

Singular fiddle

Plural fiddles

Fiddle music

A fiddle player

1. (countable) (music) A fiddle is a violin when played in a style not like the classical violin.
   • Synonym: violin

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

Related word and phrases

• fiddle-faddle
• first fiddle
• fit as a fiddle
• lead fiddle
• second fiddle

Verb

Plain form fiddle

Third-person singular fiddles

Past tense fiddled

Past participle fiddled

Present participle fiddling

1. To play without working.

   You're fiddling your life away.

2. To fiddle with something is trying to make something work by adjusting it.

   I needed to fiddle with my computer's speakers to get them to work.

   Fred was fired when he was caught fiddling with the bank books.

3. (music) To play traditional songs on a violin in a style not like classical music.

Synonyms

• fudge

Related words and phrases

• fiddle about
• fiddle around
• fiddle the books
• fiddle with
• fiddler