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[Noun] | "fid*dle" | \ ˈfi-dᵊl \

1: violin

2: a device (such as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep objects from sliding off a table aboard ship

3: fiddlesticks —used as an interjection

Origin: 13th century ;

Middle English fithele, fethill, fydel, going back to Old English *fithele (assumed from the derivative fithelere "fiddler"), going back to Germanic *fiþlō- (whence Middle Dutch vedele "stringed instrument," Old High German fidula, fidala, Old Norse fiðla), perhaps of onomatopoeic origin;

* Note : See note at {viol|viol}.;

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[Noun] | "fid*dle-fad*dle" | \ ˈfi-dᵊl-ˌfa-dᵊl \

1: nonsense —often used as an interjection

Origin: 1577 ;

Reduplication of fiddle (fiddlesticks);

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[Noun] | "bass fiddle"

1: double bass

Origin: 1836 ;

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[Noun] | "bull fiddle"

1: double bass

Origin: 1872 ;

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[Verb] | "fiddle"

1: to play on a fiddle

2: to move the hands or fingers restlessly

3: to spend time in aimless or fruitless activity : putter, tinker

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English fithelyn, fydelin, derivative of fithele, fydel {see: |fiddle:1|fiddle:1};

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[Verb] | "fiddle away"

1: to fritter away

Origin: 1667 ;

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[Adjective] | "fid*dle-foot*ed" | \ ˌfi-dᵊl-ˈfu̇-təd \

1: skittish, jumpy

2: prone to wander

Origin: 1941 ;

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[Phrasal verb] | "fiddle about"

1: to spend time in activity that does not have a real purpose

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[Phrasal verb] | "fiddle with"

1: to move or handle (something) with the hands or fingers in a nervous way

2: to change or handle (something, such as the controls of a machine) in a way that shows one is not sure what to do

3: to change (something) in a harmful or foolish way

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[Idiom] | "fiddle around"

1: to spend time in activity that does not have a real purpose

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[Noun] | "fiddle"

1: language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense;

* e.g., " ... oh, fiddle! I've heard that excuse a thousand times before "

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2: an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value;

* e.g., " ... the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country "

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[Noun] | "fiddle-faddle"

1: language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense;

* e.g., " ... a grandmother who routinely pooh-poohed the advice of the so-called experts in child care as so much fiddle-faddle "

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[Noun] | "second fiddle"

1: as in deputy, assistant;

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[Verb] | "fiddle"

1: to make jerky or restless movements;

* e.g., " ... the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin "

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2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;

* e.g., " ... conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive "

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[Verb] | "fiddle (around)"

1: to spend time in aimless activity;

* e.g., " ... we spent the snow day just fiddling around "

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[Verb] | "fiddle (with)"

1: to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously;

* e.g., " ... I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system "

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[Verb] | "fiddle away"

1: to use up carelessly;

* e.g., " ... fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet "

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[Verb] | "play"

1: to engage in activity for amusement;

* e.g., " ... told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work "

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2: to present a portrayal or performance of;

* e.g., " ... played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic "

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3: to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior;

* e.g., " ... stop playing the innocent, because I know that you were behind that prank "

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[Verb] | "play (on or upon)"

1: to take unfair advantage of;

* e.g., " ... the candidate played on the voters' prejudices "

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[Adjective] | "fiddle-footed"

1: easily excited by nature;

* e.g., " ... although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home "

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