Definition of fiddle

"fiddle" in the noun sense

1. violin, fiddle

bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

"fiddle" in the verb sense

1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

avoid (one's assigned duties

"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

2. fiddle

commit fraud and steal from one's employer

"We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

3. fiddle

play the violin or fiddle

4. fiddle

play on a violin

"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

5. toy, fiddle, diddle, play

manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

"She played nervously with her wedding ring"

"Don't fiddle with the screws"

"He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

6. tamper, fiddle, monkey

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"

"The reporter fiddle with the facts"

7. tinker, fiddle

try to fix or mend

"Can you tinker with the T.V. set

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Quotations for fiddle

On the twenty second of June,
Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune. [ Epitaph ]

A fool can dance without a fiddle. [ Proverb ]

In the house of a fiddler all fiddle. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He has got the fiddle, but not the stick. [ Proverb ]

The least boy carries the biggest fiddle. [ Proverb ]

Others import yet nobler art from France,
Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance. [ Pope ]

He that lives in hope dances without a fiddle. [ Proverb ]

Some would play a tune before you can tune your fiddle. [ Proverb ]

fiddle in Scrabble®

The word fiddle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters fiddle:

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fiddle in Words With Friends™

The word fiddle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters fiddle:

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Words within the letters of fiddle

2 letter words in fiddle (4 words)

3 letter words in fiddle (8 words)

4 letter words in fiddle (9 words)

5 letter words in fiddle (3 words)

6 letter words in fiddle (1 word)

fiddle + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence fiddle

Words with fiddle in them (1 word)

Words that end with fiddle (1 word)

Word Growth involving fiddle

Shorter words in fiddle

id

Longer words containing fiddle

fiddled

fiddlehead fiddleheads

fiddler fiddlerfish fiddlerfishes

fiddler fiddlers

fiddles fiddlesticks