LekhoriLekhoriA 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 (.
...Of harpe & of salteriun. of fiðele & of coriun...
Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
The fiddle of these early times, however, was the viol and not our modern violin.
A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
He is first fiddle in the band.
To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
to fiddle while Rome burns
To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
Oh, fiddle. I left my whip in the stable.
From Middle English fithele, from Old English *fiþele, from Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ (“fiddle”), of uncertain etymology. Some contest that the Germanic terms are borrow...
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Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.
To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; .
Sit up straight and stop fiddling!