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Used disparagingly for: To play (a fiddle); occasionally to scrape catgut; to play (a tune, etc.) on the fiddle. Cf. French râcler. Chiefly absol.
transitive. To play (a tune or note) on the fiddle, pipe, or bagpipes. Frequently humorous or ironic. Obsolete.