Fiddle

//ˈfɪd(ə)l//

Synonyms for "fiddle" (191 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (39)

violin tinker toy a string alter amati bass bass viol bow bridge bull fiddle cello cheat contrabass cook coquet cremona crowd d string dabble

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Verb(1 words)

Noun(12 words)

arrest warrant assweed blither bodge bonehead booby bot clothhead cockamamie cod codshead con

Intj(5 words)

bullshit bye caramba come on dammit

Strong matches (57)

Intj(7 words)

damn dash fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck fuck go on harumph hell's bells

Noun(17 words)

deceit deception dicklick dickweed dirtbrain divvy dolt donkey dope dullard dunderfuck goober gooseberry grift hoddy-peak idiota jamoke

Verb(3 words)

diddle faddle goldbrick

doodle double bass e string falsify feel fiddle faddle fiddle with fiddle-faddle fiddlebow fiddlestick fidget fidget with finagle finger with fingerboard fix flimflam flirt fool fool around

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fool with fraud fribble frivol fudge g string handle horse around idle interfere with

Related words (95)

Noun(35 words)

jerk jester lardbrain lardhead lash-up laughing stock madcap make-do mameluke maroon meatbrain melonhead moron nincompoop numpty nupson perfidy puke for brains retard rinky-dink

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scam schmo stopgap stupidass swiftie take-in thickhead trickery triviality tubelight twit underhandedness violin watchman's rattle workaround

jerk off kid around kit kit fiddle kit violin loiter manipulate massage meddle with mess mess around monkey monkey around monkey business piddle play play around play violin play with potter

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Verb(7 words)

monkey paw play shirk shrink from tamper toy

Intj(2 words)

mother of god shit

Related word relations

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17 relation types

More general

19 entries

avoid bowed stringed instrument bushel defalcate doctor embezzle fix furbish up malversate manipulate mend misappropriate peculate play repair restore

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Synonyms

5 entries

fudge tamper tinker toy violin

at location

9 entries

abnd alabama band country band dance hall music store orchestra tennessee violin case

coordinate

1 entries

derived

101 entries

Apache fiddle Hardanger fiddle Hardanger-fiddle Scotch fiddle Welsh fiddle bass fiddle bull fiddle face as long as a fiddle face like a fiddle face made of a fiddle fiddle about fiddle around fiddle away fiddle beetle fiddle block fiddle brake

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has a

1 entries

has context

2 entries

has first_subevent

4 entries

ejaculate rosen up bow tune fiddle waste time

has last_subevent

6 entries

move bow put fiddle away put fiddle down take bow tune instrument turn off microphone

has prerequisite

21 entries

buy fiddle buy violin find teacher get violin have bow have instrument have violin hold fiddle invite spouse to bed know playing with fire learn how to play violin look for honey and play musician play away from home practice rosin up bow

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has property

1 entries

similar to violin

has subevent

12 entries

break breaking dance futz gets pregnant hold neck of fiddle paly violin people dance play mozart playing music tapping foot teach open mind

is a

3 entries

another name for violin stringed musical instrument violen

manner of

3 entries

avoid embezzle play

motivated by_goal

15 entries

bored change activities hear music like music liked to square dance make beautiful music money nervous play in irish folk band reduce boredom satisfies analretentive urges uncomfortable waste time were bored you're bored

related to

29 entries

adjust aimlessly bluegrass bluegrass violin bow classical country country music country violin crowd dock flaw fraud fritter instrument leaf

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used for

9 entries

bowing dances entertaining making happy music play in bluegrass band playing bluegrass music playing song pleasant music plucking

Translations

30 translations across 15 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

balancera noun (nautical: device or rail for keeping items on a surface while at sea)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

摸索 verb (to play aimlessly)
盤弄 /盘弄 verb (to play aimlessly)
盤弄 /盘弄 verb (to play aimlessly)

Czech

2 entries

marnit verb (to play aimlessly)
šumařit verb (to play the violin in a folk or informal way)

Dutch

1 entries

fiedelen verb (to play the violin in a folk or informal way)

Finnish

4 entries

reunalista noun (nautical: device or rail for keeping items on a surface while at sea)
haaskata verb (to play aimlessly)
koheltaa verb (to play aimlessly)
räplätä verb (to play aimlessly)

French

2 entries

bidouiller verb (to play aimlessly)
tripoter verb (to play aimlessly)

German

2 entries

Schiffsgeländer noun (nautical: device or rail for keeping items on a surface while at sea)
fummeln verb (to play aimlessly)

Hungarian

1 entries

hegedül verb (to play the violin in a folk or informal way)

Italian

1 entries

parapetto noun (nautical: device or rail for keeping items on a surface while at sea)

Japanese

1 entries

いじり回す verb (to play aimlessly)

Māori

3 entries

rahurahu verb (to play aimlessly)
raukoti verb (to play aimlessly)
rāwekeweke verb (to play aimlessly)

Occitan

1 entries

bidolhar verb (to play aimlessly)

Portuguese

1 entries

vadiar verb (to play aimlessly)

Russian

3 entries

мять verb (to play aimlessly)
тереби́ть verb (to play aimlessly)
тра́тить вре́мя по́пусту verb (to play aimlessly)

Spanish

2 entries

juguetear verb (to play aimlessly)
toquetear verb (to play aimlessly)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.

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He's definitely the right guy for the job. Let him fiddle with a computer and he perks right up.

Source: tatoeba (278702)

It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard?

Source: tatoeba (328441)

Nero did not actually fiddle while Rome burned.

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