to fiddle
51fiddle about — phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive] Word forms fiddle around : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around 1) …
52fiddle around — phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive] Word forms fiddle around : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around 1) …
53fiddle — n. 1) to play the fiddle 2) (colloq.; AE) a bass fiddle (CE has double bass) 3) (misc.) as fit as a fiddle ( very healthy ) * * * [ fɪdl] to play thefiddle (misc.) as fit as a fiddle ( very healthy ) (colloq.;AE) a bass fiddle (CE has double… …
54Fiddle yard — A Fiddle yard or Staging yard is a collection of model railway tracks that are invisible to a viewer and allow trains to be stored and manipulatedCite book | author=Schleicher, Robert H. | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Big Book of Model… …
55fiddle — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
56fiddle around — (in BRIT, also use fiddle about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. [V P with n] Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine. [Also V P] Syn: tinker 2)… …
57fiddle — noun 1》 informal a violin. 2》 informal, chiefly Brit. an act of fraud or cheating. 3》 Brit. informal an unnecessarily intricate or awkward task. 4》 Nautical a raised rim that prevents things from falling off a table in rough seas. verb 1》 touch… …
58fiddle — fid•dle [[t]ˈfɪd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) mad a musical instrument of the viol family 2) mad violin 3) naut. a barrier to keep dishes, pots, utensils, etc., from sliding off a ship s table 4) brit. inf inf a swindle; fraud 5) mad to play the… …
59fiddle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fidel, from Old English *fithele, probably from Medieval Latin vitula Date: 13th century 1. violin 2. a device (as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep objects from sliding off a table aboard ship 3.… …
60fiddle — 1. noun /ˈfɪ.dl̩/ a) 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, its a fiddle; when I play it like that, its… …
