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How to pronounce “fiddle”
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Pronunciation guide for fiddle
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of fiddle with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Old Crow Medicine
And then Charlie Daniels, the fiddler,
- Definition summary
- 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).
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How to pronounce fiddle
Old Crow Medicine
And then Charlie Daniels, the fiddler,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “fiddle”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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).
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape, particularly:
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (figurative) Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- (UK slang, obsolete) An arrest warrant.
- (UK slang, obsolete) A watchman's rattle.
- (UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (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.
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To do odd jobs for money.
- [Interjection]
- Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
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