fiddle

noun · verb · interjectionA2

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noun

Plural noun:

fiddles

1.
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).
...Of harpe & of salteriun. of fiðele & of coriun...
When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
2.
(proscribed, usually)(usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
3.
A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
He is first fiddle in the band.
4.
Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape, particularly:
5.
(figuratively)(figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
6.
(figurative) Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.
7.
(especially)(especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
8.
(UK, obsolete, slang)(UK slang, obsolete) An arrest warrant.
9.
(UK, obsolete, slang)(UK slang, obsolete) A watchman's rattle.
10.
(UK, obsolete, slang)(UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
Done at a fiddle.

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verb

V_es/s

fiddles

V_ing/Gerund

fiddling

V_ed/pp

fiddled

1.
(intransitive)To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
to fiddle while Rome burns
2.
(informal, transitive)To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.
3.
(intransitive)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!
4.
(informal, intransitive)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.
Đồng nghĩa: tinker
5.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete, slang)To do odd jobs for money.

interjection

1.
Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
Oh, fiddle. I left my whip in the stable.
Đồng nghĩa: fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck

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Đồng nghĩa

tinkerfiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English fithele, from Old English *fiþele, from *fiþulā, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ (fiddle), of uncertain etymology. Some contest that the Germanic terms are borrowed variations of vitula (see viola);