Fiddle

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.
 * When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
 * 1) An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
 * That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
 * 1) fraud
 * 2)  On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail)

Synonyms

 * (the instrument): violin

Derived terms

 * fiddle brake
 * fiddle factor
 * fiddle-faddle
 * fiddlehead
 * fiddly


 * first fiddle
 * fit as a fiddle
 * lead fiddle
 * second fiddle

Verb

 * 1) To play aimlessly.
 * You're fiddling your life away.
 * 1) To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
 * I needed to fiddle the lighting parameters to get the image to look right.
 * Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.
 * 1)  To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.

Synonyms

 * fudge

Derived terms

 * fiddle about
 * fiddle around
 * fiddle the books


 * fiddle with
 * fiddler

Adjectives for Fiddle
nocturnal; uncivilized.

Thesaurus
A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, alter, bass, bass viol, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, cheat, contrabass, cook, coquet, crowd, dabble, dally, doodle, double bass, falsify, feel, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fidget, fidget with, finagle, finger with, fingerboard, fix, flimflam, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fraud, fribble, frivol, handle, horse around, idle, interfere with, jerk off, kid around, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, loiter, meddle with, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, monkey business, piddle, play, play around, play violin, play with, potter, puddle, putter, racket, saw, scrape, scroll, skin game, smatter, soundboard, string, swindle, tamper with, tenor violin, thimblerig, tinker, touch, toy, toy with, trifle, tuning peg, twiddle, viol, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta

Etymology
From fithele:, from  fiðele:.

Cognate with Old High German fidula (German Fiedel), Old Norse fiðla (Icelandic fiðla, Danish fiddel, Norwegian fela), Middle Dutch vedele (Dutch veel, vedel).

The ultimate source of the word is unknown. Some argue that the similarity in Germanic variations can be explained by adoption and subsequent corruption of a contemporary Latin word, vitula or vidula. This is known to have occurred with the Romance languages eg. viol or viola in French, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. Others argue that the Germanic words have a uniquely Teutonic origin, but no earlier forms have been found.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Danish: violin
 * Finnish:
 * French: violon, crincrin
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: violino


 * Lao: (söö)
 * Latvian: vijole
 * Macedonian: гусла
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: violín
 * Swedish: fiol


 * Finnish:, temppu
 * French: ajustement, adaptation, truc, cote mal taillée, réglage


 * Russian: трюк
 * Spanish: ajuste, arreglo


 * Finnish:
 * French: truc, expédient, tour de passe-passe, tripotage
 * Italian: trucco, truffa
 * Polish: oszustwo


 * Russian: мошенничество, надувательство
 * Spanish: estafa, engaño, engañifa, chanchullo, tejemaneje, petardo, timo

Verb

 * Finnish:, haaskata


 * Russian: тратить время попусту


 * Finnish:, ,


 * Russian: возиться, химичить


 * Finnish: ,


 * Hungarian: