fiddle

1. A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).

   When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.

   bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

2. (proscribed, зазвичай)Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.

3. A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.

   He is first fiddle in the band.

4. Something resembling a violin, or fiddle, in shape

   A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.

5. A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.

6. A rack for drying pottery after glazing.

7. (переносно)A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.

8. Unskillful or unartful behavior, particularly when showy and superficially pleasing.

   (переносно, розмовне)A scam; a fraud or swindle.

   There was some kind of fiddle going on at that company, and several of the directors were arrested.

9. (переносно, розмовне)A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.

   That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.

10. (переносно, розмовне)An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.

11. (особливо)Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.

    Schiffsgeländer

12. (Британія, застаріле, сленг)An arrest warrant.

1. Tom plays the fiddle.

   Том грає на скрипці.

   ruТом играет на скрипке.

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2. Tom is fiddling with his bow tie.

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3. Tom plays fiddle in a bluegrass band.

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4. Tom is always fiddling with his smartphone.

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5. You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.

   ruДа, сегодня ты выглядишь как нельзя лучше.

   deNa, heute siehst du ja fit wie ein Turnschuh aus.

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