Meaning

8 senses
  1. One who plays the fiddle.

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    скрипа́чskripáč

    a musician who plays the violin

  2. One who fiddles; a cheat.

  3. One who fiddles or tweaks.

  4. 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.

  5. The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.

  6. A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.

  7. (slang)The capstan-house on a steamer.

  8. (UK, obsolete, slang)A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. They that dance must pay the fiddler.

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  2. Tom isn't a fiddler.

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  3. He's as drunk as a fiddler.

    deEr ist stockbetrunken.

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  4. The fiddler added a gentle trill to spice up the melody.

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  5. Tom is a fiddler.

    deTom ist ein Fiedler.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who plays the fiddle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who plays the fiddle:

Origin

From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysi

From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddl(e) + -er.

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Forms

plural: fiddlers
Singularfiddler
Pluralfiddlers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
fiddlistfiddleist
Close in meaning
  • an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend:tinkerer
  • someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner:twiddler
  • a musician who plays the violin:violinist

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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