How to pronounce“fiddle”in English
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Definitions of “fiddle”
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).
“...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.”
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.
“Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.”
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