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noun
1.
a musical instrument of the viol family.
2.
violin: Her aunt plays first fiddle with the state symphony orchestra.
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Nautical. a small ledge or barrier raised in heavy weather to keep dishes, pots, utensils, etc., from sliding off tables and stoves.
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British Informal. swindle; fraud.
verb (used without object)
5.
to play on the fiddle.
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to make trifling or fussing movements with the hands (often followed by with): fiddling with his cuffs.
7.
to touch or manipulate something, as to operate or adjust it; tinker (often followed by with): You may have to fiddle with the antenna to get a clear picture on the TV.
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to waste time; trifle; dally (often followed by around): Stop fiddling around and get to work.
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British Informal. to cheat.
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verb (used with object)
Idioms10.
to play (a tune) on a fiddle.
11.
to trifle or waste (usually used with away): to fiddle time away.
12.
Bookbinding. to bind together (sections or leaves of a book) by threading a cord through holes cut lengthwise into the back.
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British Informal.
a.
to falsify: to fiddle the account books.
b.
to cheat: to fiddle the company out of expense money.
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15.
fit as a fiddle, in perfect health; very fit: The doctor told him he was fit as a fiddle. Also, as fit as a fiddle.
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play second fiddle. second fiddle.
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Word Origin & History
fiddle
O.E. fiðele, related to O.N. fiðla, M.Du. vedele, Ger. Fiedel; all probably from M.L. vitula "stringed instrument," perhaps related to L. vitularia "celebrate joyfully," from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory, who probably, like her name, originated among the Sabines. The verb is from
EXPANDlate 14c.; the figurative sense of "to act idly" is from 1520s. Related: Fiddling. The word has been relegated to colloquial usage by its more proper cousin, violin, a process encouraged by phraseology such as fiddlestick (15c., originally "the bow of a fiddle;" meaning "nonsense" is from 1620s) and fiddle-faddle (1570s), which is unrelated, being a reduplication of obsolete faddle "to trifle." Fit as a fiddle is from 1610s.
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fiddle definition
Another name for the violin; fiddle is the more common term for the instrument as played in folk music and bluegrass.
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