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).
Other meanings
Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
“He is first fiddle in the band.”
Synonyms
- violin
A kind of
- bowed stringed instrument
Related words
- Apache fiddle
- bass fiddle
- bull fiddle
- face as long as a fiddle
- face like a fiddle
- face made of a fiddle
- fiddleback
- fiddleback wood
- fiddle beetle
- fiddle block
- fiddle-boat
- fiddle-bow
Word history
From Middle English "fithele".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fiddle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.