FID'DLE, noun [Latin fides, fidicula.] A stringed instrument of music; a violin. FID'DLE, verb intransitive 1. To play on a fiddle or violin. Themistocles said he could not fiddle but he could make a small town a great city. It is said that Nero fiddled, when Rome was in flames. 2. To trifle; to shift the hands often and do nothing, like a fellow that plays on a fiddle Good cooks cannot abide what they call fiddling work. FID'DLE, verb transitive To play a tune on a fiddle
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