English-Thai Dictionary

fiddle

N เครื่องดนตรี ตระกูล ซอ หรือ ไวโอลิน  violin kreang-don-tri-tra-kun-so-rue-wai-o-lin

 

fiddle

SL หลอกลวง  lok-luang

 

fiddle away

PHRV สี ไวโอลิน อย่างต่อเนื่อง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  se-wai-o-lin-yang-tor-nueang

 

fiddle away

PHRV สูญ เสียเงิน หรือ เวลา (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  เสียเงิน หรือ เวลา โดย เปล่าประโยชน์  sun-sia-ngen-rue-we-la

 

fiddle with

PHRV จัดการ กับ (บางสิ่ง  อย่าง ไม่ น่าไว้ใจ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  jad-kan-kab-yang-mai-na-wai-jai

 

fiddle with

PHRV ปัด มือ หรือ ส่าย มือ เล่น ไปมา กับ .อย่างไร้ จุดมุ่งหมาย  fidget with pad-mue-rue-sai-mue-len-pai-ma-kab yang-rai-jud-mung-mai

 

fiddle with

PHRV รื้อ ส่วน ต่างๆ  ของ เครื่องจักร เพื่อ แก้ไข  tinker with rue-suan-tang-tang-kong-keang-jak-puea-kae-kai

 

fiddle-dee-dee

INT ความ เหลวไหล  ความ ไร้สาระ  kwam-leo-lai

 

fiddle-faddle

N ความ ไร้สาระ  ความ เหลวไหล  สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ มีความสำคัญ  nonsense foolishness silliness sense wisdom kwam-rai-sa-ra

 

fiddle-faddle

N ความ ไร้สาระ  สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ มีความสำคัญ 

 

fiddle-faddle

VI ปล่อย เวลา ผ่าน ไป อย่างไร้ ค่า  ชักช้า  เถลไถล  เรื่อยเปื่อย  ploi-we-la-pan-pai-yang-rai-ka

 

fiddledeedee

INT เหลวไหล  fiddle-de-dee

 

fiddlehead

N หัว เรือ ที่ มี รุป ร่าง โค้ง 

 

fiddler

N คน สีซอ  คน สี ไวโอลิน  violinist kon-se-sor

 

fiddler

N นัก สี ไวโอลิน  violinist nak-se-wai-o-lin

 

fiddler crab

N ปู จำพวก  Uca ซึ่ง มี ก้าม ใหญ่ ข้าง หนึ่ง  pu-jam-puak-sueng-me-kam-yai-kang-nueng

 

fiddlestick

N หัว ไวโอลิน  ความ ไม่มี อะไร 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIDDLE

n.[L. fides, fidicula.] A stringed instrument of music; a violin.

 

FIDDLE

v.i. 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.

 

FIDDLE

v.t.To play a tune on a fiddle.

 

FIDDLE-FADDLE

n.Trifles. [A low cant word. ]

 

FIDDLE-FADDLE

a.Trifling; making a bustle about nothing. [Vulgar. ]

 

FIDDLER

n.One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

 

FIDDLE-STICK

n.The bow and string with which a fiddler plays on a violin.

 

FIDDLE-STRING

n.The string of a fiddle, fastened at the ends and elevated in the middle by a bridge.

 

FIDDLE-WOOD

n.A plant of the genus Citharexylon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIDDLE

Fid "dle, n. Etym: [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi; akin to D. vedel,OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol. ]

 

1. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher ) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Fiddle beetle (Zoöl.), a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides ); -- so called from the form of the body. -- Fiddle block (Naut. ), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. Knight. -- Fiddle bow, fiddlestick. -- Fiddle fish (Zoöl.), the angel fish. -- Fiddle head, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. -- Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc. ,somewhat like a violin. -- Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low ) -- To play first, or second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq. ]

 

FIDDLE

Fid "dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fiddling. ]

 

1. To play on a fiddle. Themistocles. .. said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon.

 

2. 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. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.

 

FIDDLE

FIDDLE Fid "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To play (a tune ) on a fiddle.

 

FIDDLEDEEDEE

FIDDLEDEEDEE Fid "dle *dee *dee `, interj.

 

Defn: An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense! [Colloq. ]

 

FIDDLE-FADDLE

FIDDLE-FADDLE Fid "dle-fad `dle, n.

 

Defn: A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq. ] Spectator.

 

FIDDLE-FADDLE

FIDDLE-FADDLE Fid "dle-fad `dle, v. i.

 

Defn: To talk nonsense. [Colloq. ] Ford.

 

FIDDLER

Fid "dler, n. Etym: [AS. fi. ]

 

1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus ); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. Fiddler crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler, n., 2.

 

FIDDLE-SHAPED

FIDDLE-SHAPED Fid "dle-shaped `, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

 

FIDDLESTICK

FIDDLESTICK Fid "dle *stick `, n.

 

Defn: The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

 

FIDDLESTRING

FIDDLESTRING Fid "dle *string `, n.

 

Defn: One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

 

FIDDLEWOOD

Fid "dle *wood `, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. F. bois-fidèle, lit. , faithful wood; -- so called from its durability. ]

 

Defn: The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fiddle

fid dle |ˈfidl ˈfɪdl | ▶noun 1 informal a violin, esp. when used to play folk music. 2 informal, chiefly Brit. an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying: a major mortgage fiddle. 3 Nautical a contrivance, such as a raised rim, that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in bad weather. ▶verb informal 1 [ no obj. ] play the fiddle: he fiddled with the band from 1949 to 1951 | (fiddling ) : country music with lots of fiddling and banjo playing. • [ with obj. ] play (a tune ) on the fiddle: Bill Monroe fiddled his last tune at his annual Beanblossom Bluegrass Festival. 2 [ no obj. ] touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way: Laura fiddled with her cup. • tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements: never fiddle with an electric machine that's plugged in. • (fiddle around ) pass time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance. 3 [ with obj. ] chiefly Brit. falsify (figures, data, or records ), typically in order to gain money: everyone is fiddling their expenses. PHRASES fiddle while Rome burns be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious or disastrous events going on around one. ( as ) fit as a fiddle in good health. on the fiddle chiefly Brit. informal engaged in cheating or swindling. play second fiddle to take a subordinate role to someone or something in a way often considered demeaning: she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband. ORIGIN Old English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term ), 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 .

 

fiddleback

fid dle back |ˈfidlˌbak ˈfɪdlbæk | ▶noun 1 [ usu. as modifier ] a thing shaped like the back of a violin, with the sides deeply curved inward, in particular: • the back of a chair. 2 a rippled effect in the grain of fine wood, often exploited when making the backs of violins: [ as modifier ] : fiddleback mahogany. 3 (also fiddleback spider ) another term for brown recluse.

 

fiddle-de-dee

fid dle-de-dee |ˌfidl dē ˈdē ˌfɪdl di ˈdi | ▶noun [ often as exclamation ] dated nonsense. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from fiddle + a reduplication.

 

fiddle-faddle

fid dle-fad dle |ˈfidl ˌfadl ˈfɪdl ˌfædl | ▶noun trivial matters: nonsense: he's concerned with petty fiddle-faddle about his personal arrangements. ▶verb [ no obj. ] bother with trifles; fuss: you haven't time to fiddle-faddle about like that. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: reduplication of fiddle .

 

fiddle-footed

fid dle-foot ed ▶adjective (of a horse ) skittish. • (of a person ) restless or apt to wander: he was what we might consider a fiddle-footed missionary, moving from place to place.

 

fiddlehead

fid dle head |ˈfidlˌhed ˈfɪdlhɛd | ▶noun 1 (also fiddlehead fern ) the young, curled, edible frond of certain ferns. 2 a scroll-like carving at a ship's bow. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from the resemblance to the head of a violin.

 

fiddle pattern

fid ¦dle pat |tern ▶noun [ mass noun ] a design of spoons and forks, with handles shaped like the body of a violin.

 

fiddler

fid dler |ˈfidlər, ˈfidl-ər ˈfɪdlər | ▶noun 1 informal a person who plays the violin, esp. one who plays folk music. 2 Brit. informal a person who cheats or swindles, esp. one indulging in petty theft. ORIGIN Old English fithelere, from fithele (see fiddle ).

 

fiddler crab

fid dler crab ▶noun a small amphibious crab, the males of which have one greatly enlarged claw that they wave in territorial display and courtship. [Genus Uca, family Ocypodidae. ]

 

Fiddler's Green

Fid dler's Green the sailor's Elysium, traditionally a place of wine, women, and song.

 

fiddlestick

fid dle stick |ˈfidlˌstik ˈfɪdlstɪk | ▶exclam. (fiddlesticks ) nonsense. ▶noun informal a violin bow.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fiddle

fid ¦dle |ˈfɪd (ə )l | ▶noun 1 informal a violin. 2 informal, chiefly Brit. an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying: a major mortgage fiddle. 3 Brit. informal a small task that seems awkward and unnecessarily complex: inserting a tape is a bit of a fiddle. 4 Nautical a ledge or raised rim that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in rough seas. ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way: Lena fiddled with her cup. • tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements: he fiddled with the blind, trying to prevent the sun from shining in her eyes. • (fiddle around ) pass time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance. 2 [ with obj. ] informal, chiefly Brit. falsify (figures, data, or records ), typically in order to gain money: everyone is fiddling their expenses. 3 [ no obj. ] informal play the violin. PHRASES fiddle while Rome burns be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious or disastrous events going on around one. ( as ) fit as a fiddle in very good health. on the fiddle informal, chiefly Brit. engaged in cheating or swindling. play second fiddle have a subordinate role to someone or something; be treated as less important than someone or something: he resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother. 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 .

 

fiddleback

fiddle-back ▶noun 1 [ usu. as modifier ] a thing shaped like the back of a violin, with the sides deeply curved inwards, especially the back of a chair or the front of a chasuble. 2 [ mass noun ] a rippled effect in the grain of fine wood, often exploited when making the backs of violins: [ as modifier ] : fiddleback mahogany.

 

fiddle-de-dee

fiddle-de-dee |fɪd (ə )ldɪˈdiː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ often as exclamation ] dated nonsense. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from fiddle + a reduplication without meaning.

 

fiddle-faddle

fiddle-faddle |ˈfɪd (ə )lfad (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] trivial matters; nonsense. ▶verb [ no obj. ] mess about; fuss. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: reduplication of fiddle .

 

fiddle-footed

fid dle-foot ed ▶adjective (of a horse ) skittish. • (of a person ) restless or apt to wander: he was what we might consider a fiddle-footed missionary, moving from place to place.

 

fiddlehead

fiddle |head ▶noun 1 (also fiddlehead fern or fiddlehead green ) N. Amer. the young, curled, edible frond of certain ferns. 2 a scroll-like carving at a ship's bows.

 

fiddle pattern

fid ¦dle pat |tern ▶noun [ mass noun ] a design of spoons and forks, with handles shaped like the body of a violin.

 

fiddler

fid |dler |ˈfɪdlə | ▶noun 1 informal a person who plays the violin, especially one who plays folk music. 2 Brit. informal a person who cheats or swindles, especially one indulging in petty theft. ORIGIN Old English fithelere, from fithele (see fiddle ).

 

fiddler crab

fid |dler crab ▶noun a small amphibious crab, the males of which have one greatly enlarged claw which they wave in territorial display and courtship. ●Genus Uca, family Ocypodidae.

 

Fiddler's Green

Fid |dler's Green an imaginary paradise to which sailors are conveyed after death, traditionally a place of wine, women, and song.

 

fiddlestick

fiddlestick |ˈfɪd (ə )lstɪk | informal ▶exclamation (fiddlesticks ) nonsense. ▶noun a violin bow.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fiddle informal

fiddle informal noun she played the fiddle: violin, viola. ▶verb 1 he fiddled with a coaster: fidget, play, toy, twiddle, fuss, fool about /around; finger, thumb, handle; informal mess around /about. 2 he fiddled with the dials: adjust, tinker, play around, meddle, interfere. 3 these companies are not the only ones fiddling their figures: falsify, manipulate, massage, rig, distort, misrepresent, doctor, alter, tamper with, interfere with; informal fix, flimflam, cook (the books ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fiddle informal

fiddle informal noun 1 their feet moved in time with the fiddle: violin, viola, cello, double bass; historical kit. 2 the men were involved in a major VAT fiddle: fraud, swindle, fix, wangle, confidence trick, ruse, wile, piece of deception, bit of sharp practice; informal racket, con trick, flimflam, sting. ▶verb 1 he fiddled with a beer mat: fidget, play, toy, twiddle, fuss, fool about /around, trifle; finger, thumb, handle, feel, touch; waste time, act aimlessly; informal mess about /around, paw. 2 he fiddled with some dials and buttons: tinker, play about /around, tamper, meddle, interfere, monkey; adjust. 3 the government is trying to fiddle the figures: falsify, manipulate, massage, rig, distort, pervert, misrepresent, juggle, doctor, alter, tamper with, interfere with; informal cook, fix, diddle, finagle, flimflam, cook the books.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fiddle

fid dle /fɪ́d (ə )l /名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて ｠バイオリン (violin ); バイオリン類の弦楽器 〘ビオラ チェロなど 〙.2 ｟くだけて ｠ぺてん, 詐欺 .3 ｟主に英 ｠指先を使う細かい仕事 .4 〘海 〙すべり止め 〘食卓から物がすべり落ちるのを防ぐ 〙.a f á ce as l ò ng as a f í ddle 浮かない顔 .(as ) f ì t as a f í ddle ｟くだけて ｠とても元気で .pl à y s è cond f í ddle 【人の 】下につく, 脇 （わき ）役を務める «to » (!第2バイオリンを弾くという意味から ) .動詞 自動詞 1 やたらに手を動かす ; 【物を 】いじくる, もてあそぶ (about, around ); 【他人の物などを 】勝手にいじる «with » ▸ fiddle with one's hat 手に持った帽子をいじる 2 ｟くだけて ｠のらくら [ぶらぶら ]する, のらくらして暇をつぶす (about, around ).3 ｟くだけて ｠バイオリンを弾く .他動詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠〈金額など 〉をごまかす ; …を不正売買する ▸ fiddle one's income tax 所得税をごまかす 2 〈時間など 〉を浪費する (away ).3 ｟くだけて ｠〈曲 〉をバイオリンで弾く .間投詞 ばからしい, くだらない .

 

fiddle-faddle

fid dle-fad dle /fɪ́d (ə )lfæ̀d (ə )l / (!｟くだけて ｠) 形容詞 名詞 U くだらない (こと ).動詞 自動詞 くだらないことをする .間投詞 ばかな, くだらない .

 

fiddler

f í d dler 名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠1 バイオリン弾き .2 詐欺師, ぺてん師 .3 〘動 〙シオマネキ (fiddler crab ) 〘スナガニの一種 〙.

 

fiddlestick

f í ddle st ì ck 名詞 C バイオリンの弓 .間投詞 〖～s 〗ばかな, くだらない .