fiddle : Idioms & Phrases
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bass fiddle
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noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
bass viol; string bass; bass fiddle; contrabass; double bass.
WordNet
bull fiddle
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noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
bass viol; string bass; bass fiddle; contrabass; double bass.
WordNet
Fiddle beetle
(Zoöl.) , a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides ); so called from the form of the body.
Webster 1913
Fiddle block
(Naut.) , a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. Knight.
Webster 1913
Fiddle bow
- fiddlestick.
Webster 1913
Fiddle fish
(Zoöl.) , the angel fish.
Webster 1913
Fiddle head
- an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
Webster 1913
Fiddle pattern
- a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin.
Webster 1913
fiddle with
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verb manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
twiddle.
- He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview
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fiddle-faddle
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noun trivial nonsense
balderdash; piffle.
WordNet
Fid"dle-fad`dle intransitive verb
Definitions
To talk nonsense. Colloq. Ford.
Webster 1913
fiddle-shaped
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adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
panduriform; pandurate.
WordNet
Fid"dle-shaped` adjective
Definitions
(Bot.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
Webster 1913
Scotch fiddle
- the itch. (Low)
- the itch. Low Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913
second fiddle
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noun someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
second banana.
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noun a secondary role or function
- he hated to play second fiddle to anyone
WordNet
To play first, ∨ second , fiddle
- to take a leading or a subordinate part. Colloq.
