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fid·dle

(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.
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fiddler

(ˈfɪdlə)
n
1. (Music, other) a person who plays the fiddle, esp in folk music
2. (Animals) See fiddler crab
3. a person who wastes time or acts aimlessly
4. informal a cheat or petty rogue
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:fiddler - a musician who plays the violin]fiddler - a musician who plays the violin
instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
2. fiddler - someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
manipulator - a person who handles things manually
3. fiddler - an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
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Translations
عازِف الكَمان
houslistapodfukář
fidusmagerspillemandsvindlerviolinspiller
hegedûs
fiîlari; fitlari; svindlari
muzikant

fiddler

[ˈfɪdləʳ] N
1. (Mus) → violinista mf
2. (esp Brit) (= cheat) → tramposo/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fiddler

n
(Mus inf) → Geiger(in) m(f)
(inf: = cheat) → Schwindler(in) m(f), → Betrüger(in) m(f)
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fiddler

[ˈfɪdləʳ] n
a. (Mus) → violinista m/f
b. (fam) (cheat) → imbroglione/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fiddle

(ˈfidl) noun
1. a violin. She played the fiddle. viool كَمان، رَبابَه цигулка violino housle die Geige violin βιολί violín viiul ویولن viulu violon כינור बेला violina hegedű biola fiðla violino バイオリン 바이올린 smuikas vijole biola viool fele, fiolin skrzypce وایلون violino vioară скрипка husle gosli violina fiol เครื่องดนตรีตระกูลซอหรือไวโอลิน keman 小提琴 скрипка وائلن đàn viôlông 小提琴
2. a dishonest business arrangement. He's working a fiddle over his taxes. knoeiery تَحايُل، غِش измама mutreta podfuk die Unterschlagung svindel; fupnummer κομπίνα estafa, trampa sobi حقه huijaus combine הונאה varka, prevara,"mućka" csalás kecurangan svindl imbroglio, truffa ごまかし 사기 sukčiavimas, klastojimas blēdība; krāpšana penipuan knoeierij svindel, fusk kombinacja حق مزد aldrabice escrocherie мошенничество podfuk goljufija prevara fiffel, fusk หลอกลวง sahtekârlık, yolsuzluk 欺騙行為 шахрайство دھوکادہی کی واردات ngón lừa bịp; sự gian lận 欺骗行为
verb
1. to play a violin. He fiddled while they danced. viool speel (gespeel) يَعْزِف على الكَمان свиря на цигулка tocar violino hrát na housle geigen spille violin παίζω βιολί tocar el violín viiulit mängima ویولن زدن soittaa viulua jouer du violon לְנָגֵן בְּכִינוֹר बेला बजाना svirati violinu, guditi hegedül main biola leika á fiðlu suonare il violino バイオリンをひく 바이올린을 켜다 smuikuoti spēlēt vijoli main biola fiedelen spille fele grać na skrzypcach وایلون وهل tocar violino a cânta la vioară играть на скрипке hrať na husliach gosti (na gosli) svirati violinu spela fiol สีไวโอลิน keman çalmak 拉提琴 грати на скрипці وائلن بجانا chơi viôlông 拉提琴
2. (with with) to make restless, aimless movements. Stop fiddling with your pencil! vroetel يَعْبَثُ بِ въртя си в ръцете brincar hrát si (s) herumspielen lege παίζω, κουνιέμαι νευρικά juguetear näperdama ور رفتن hypistellä tripoter לְשָׂחֵק ב- विलम्ब करना igrati se sa, prčkati po babrál bermain-main fitla, fikta gingillarsi もてあそぶ 만지작거리다 žaisti niekoties; blēņoties bermain-main friemelen fingre med, leke med, plukke på bawić się بيهوده.لهو لهب brincar a se juca cu теребить hrať sa igračkati se igrati se fingra på, leka med เคลื่อนไหวบางอย่างไปมาอย่างไร้จุดมุ่งหมาย oynayıp durmak (胡亂)擺弄 вертіти в руках بے وجہ چھیڑ چھاڑ کرنا chơi đùa không cẩn thận cái gì trong tay (胡乱)摆弄
3. to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly. She has been fiddling the accounts for years. geknoei يَتَلاعَب في الحِسابات фалшифицирам fazer mutreta švindlovat unterschlagen fuske; svindle κάνω κομπίνα, μαγειρεύω falsificar, amañar, manipular (arveid) võltsima دستکاری کردن huijata traficoter לְזַייֵף कपटपूर्ण खाता तैयार करना krivo iskazati, namještati, "mućkati" meghamisít, manipulál (vmivel) mengkorup draga sér fé truffare; falsificare ごまかす 속이다, 조작하다 sukčiauti, klastoti blēdīties; krāpties memalsukan knoeien fuske/sjonglere/manipulere med kombinować ښكېرل، دګوتىاولاس خوځول aldrabar a face mişculaţii (cu) подделывать švindľovať poneverjati mućkati fiffla, fuska จัดการเงินอย่างทุจริต üzerinde oynamak, para sızdırmak 偽造作假 шахраювати دھوکا دہی کرنا gian lận 弄虚作假
ˈfiddler noun
vioolspeler عازِف الكَمان цигулар violinista houslista; podfukář der/die Geiger(in) spillemand; violinspiller; svindler; fidusmager βιολιστής, κομπιναδόρος violinista viiuldaja, petis ویولن زن viulunsoittaja violoneux/-euse כנר सारंगी बजाने वाला violinist, guslac hegedűs; felhajtó; csaló pemain biola fiðlari; fitlari; svindlari violinista バイオリンひき 바이올리니스트 smuikininkas vijolnieks; blēdis; krāpnieks pemain biola vioolspeler, knoeier felespiller, spillemann skrzypek وایلون وهل violinista viorist скрипач; мошенник muzikant goslač violinista fiolspelare, speleman, fifflare นักสีไวโอลิน; นักสีซอ kemancı 拉小提琴的人 скрипаль دھوکے باز người chơi đàn viôlông 拉小提琴的人
fiddler crab
a small crab, the male of which has an enlarged claw. vioolspelerkrap سرطان صَغير рак caranguejo krab bojovný die Winkerkrabbe vinkekrabbe είδος καβουριού cangrejo, jaiba signaalkrabi خرچنگ کاونده rapu (uca pugnax) crabe appelant סוּג סַרטָן vrsta raka intőrák ketam veifukrabbi granchio violinista しおまねき 꽃발게 krabas vēzis ketam rebab wenkkrab vinkekrabbe !!odmiana kraba چنګاښ، كونى كبر caranguejo crab манящий краб krab bojovný rakovica kraba vinkarkrabba ปูชนิดหนึ่งมีขนาดเล็ก ตัวผู้จะมีก้ามหนึ่งใหญ่กว่าอีกข้างหนึ่ง iri kıskaçlı yengeç 招潮蟹 невеликий краб ایک قسم کا کیکڑا جس کے نر کے پنجے بڑے ہوتے ہیں con cáy 招潮蟹
on the fiddle
dishonest. He's always on the fiddle. met iets lol غَير شَريف، كاذِب нечестен fazendo mutreta nepoctivý unehrlich uærlig ανειλικρινής, ανέντιμος hacer trampas petmise peal väljas دوز و کلک زدن epärehellinen malhonnéte עוֹסֶק בְּהוֹנָאָה varati, biti nepošten nem becsületes tidak jujur vera óheiðarlegur disonesto いんちきをして 부정직한 sukčius negodīgs tidak jujur aan het knoeien uærlig nieuczciwy چنګاښ، كونى كبر desonesto/na vigarice necinstit мошеннический nečestný nepošten nepošteno sticati novac ha ngt fuffens för sig ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ hilebaz 不誠實 нечесний فریبی không thành thực 不诚实
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Two days after there came by a travelling fiddler, who began to play under the window and beg alms; and when the king heard him, he said,
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But Pip loved life, and all life's peaceable securities; so that the panic-striking business in which he had somehow unaccountably become entrapped, had most sadly blurred his brightness; though, as ere long will be seen, what was thus temporarily subdued in him, in the end was destined to be luridly illumined by strange wild fires, that fictitiously showed him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler's frolic on the green; and at melodious even-tide, with his gay ha-ha!
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And when the fiddler, peering into the front room, remarked to the pianist, "It's Burning Daylight," the waltz-time perceptibly quickened, and the dancers, catching the contagion, began to whirl about as if they really enjoyed it.
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In came a fiddler with a music-book, and went up to the lofty desk, and made an orchestra of it, and tuned like fifty stomach-aches.
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Not a fiddler throughout the length and breadth of Scandinavia played as he did.
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Then they tucked the old man into a beauti- ful room, which was the spare room, and in the night some time he got powerful thirsty and clumb out on to the porch-roof and slid down a stanchion and traded his new coat for a jug of forty-rod, and clumb back again and had a good old time; and towards daylight he crawled out again, drunk as a fiddler, and rolled off the porch and broke his left arm in two places, and was most froze to death when somebody found him after sun-up.
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A fiddler who was present, and who appeared to act as the appointed minstrel of the company, forthwith struck up a Scotch reel; and that in tones so invigorating, that Hugh and his friend (who had both been drinking before) rose from their seats as by previous concert, and, to the great admiration of the assembled guests, performed an extemporaneous No-Popery Dance.
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The corpulent black fiddler, and his friend who plays the tambourine, stamp upon the boarding of the small raised orchestra in which they sit, and play a lively measure.
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Many a church member saw I, walking behind the music, that has danced in the same measure with me, when Somebody was fiddler, and, it might be, an Indian powwow or a Lapland wizard changing hands with us!
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Lords, indeed!-- why, at one of her swarreys I saw one of 'em speak to a dam fiddler --a fellar I despise.
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For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate.
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In a room above one of the stores, where a dance was to be held, the fiddlers tuned their instruments.
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