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fiddles

We have found lemma(root) word of fiddles : fiddle.

Definitions


[ˈfɪdl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a violin, especially one used to play folk or country music

- an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying
(e.g: a major mortgage fiddle)

- a small task that seems awkward and unnecessarily complex
(e.g: inserting a tape is a bit of a fiddle)

- a ledge or raised rim that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in rough seas


Phrases:
- fiddle while Rome burns
- fit as a fiddle
- on the fiddle
- play second fiddle

Origin:
Old English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term), related to Dutch vedel and German Fiedel, based on Latin vitulari ‘celebrate a festival, be joyful’, perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. Compare with viol


[ˈfɪdl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way
(e.g: Lena fiddled with her cup)

- falsify (figures, data, or records), typically in order to gain money
(e.g: everyone is fiddling their expenses)

- play the violin, especially in folk or country music


Phrases:
- fiddle while Rome burns
- fit as a fiddle
- on the fiddle
- play second fiddle

Origin:
Old English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term), related to Dutch vedel and German Fiedel, based on Latin vitulari ‘celebrate a festival, be joyful’, perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. Compare with viol




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