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fid·dle F0105100 (fĭd′l)n.1. A violin, especially one used to play folk or country music.2. Nautical A guardrail used on a table during rough weather to prevent things from slipping off.3. Informal Nonsensical, trifling matters: "There are things that are important / beyond all this fiddle" (Marianne Moore).4. Chiefly British An instance of cheating or swindling; a fraud.v. fid·dled, fid·dling, fid·dles v.intr.1. To play a fiddle.2. To touch or handle something in a nervous way: fiddled with the collar of his shirt as he spoke.3. To make unskilled efforts at repairing or improving: fiddled with the broken toaster.4. To meddle or tamper: a reporter who fiddled with the facts.5. Chiefly British To commit a fraud, especially to steal from one's employer.v.tr.1. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.2. Chiefly British To alter or falsify for dishonest gain: fiddled the figures in the report.Phrasal Verbs: fiddle around To act foolishly, playfully, or without a clear sense of purpose: Quit fiddling around and get to work! fiddle away To waste or squander: fiddled away the morning browsing the internet.
[Middle English fidle, from Old English fithele.]
fid′dler n.Thesaurusfiddleverb1. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle.2. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively:fool, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker.Informal: monkey.phrasal verb
fiddle awayTo pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:dawdle (away), idle (away), kill, trifle away, waste, while (away), wile (away).fiddle away
fiddle awayTo squander something, usually time. You'll have to stay up all night finishing this report because you fiddled away so much time this afternoon.See also: away, fiddlefiddle something awayto waste something. She fiddled the afternoon away. Don't fiddle away the afternoon. Get to work.See also: away, fiddlefiddle awayv. To waste or squander some period of time: I fiddled away the afternoon surfing the Internet. The lazy student fiddled the night away instead of doing homework.See also: away, fiddleEncyclopediaSeefiddle |