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Substantiivi
- 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).
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape, particularly:
- (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
- A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
- A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (figurative) Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.
- (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
- (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
- (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- (UK slang, obsolete) An arrest warrant.
- (UK slang, obsolete) A watchman's rattle.
- (UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
Huudahdus
- Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To do odd jobs for money.
Esimerkit
- When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
- Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
- You're fiddling your life away.
- Themistocles [...] said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city.
- That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
- 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.
- When I play it like this, it’s a fiddle; when I play it like that, it’s a violin.
- Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
- To play second fiddle.
- A tax fiddle.
- You’re fiddling your life away.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | fiddled | Imperfekti | fiddled |
| Partisiipin preesens | fiddling | Monikko | fiddles |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | fiddles | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | fiddleth (vanhahtava) |