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blague
, violon
, truquer
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Fiddle
- (n.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.
- (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
- (v. t.) To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
- (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
- (v. i.) To play on a fiddle.
- (n.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.
Synonyms:
Diddle, Play, Toy, Violin,
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• Fiddle-faddle
- (v. i.) To talk nonsense.
Synonyms:
Balderdash, Piffle,
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• Fiddler
- (n.) One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
- (n.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.
- (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.
Synonyms:
Violinist,
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