Phrase Hound found 60 phrases and 38 compound words that contain fiddle. The most common are listed below. Open fiddle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 60
- second fiddleA fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.
- fit as a fiddlePerfectly fit; in excellent condition or health.
- fiddle-faddlenonsense
- fiddle yardA section of a model railway layout that is reserved for storing and working on trains, often hidden from view.
- horsehead fiddleAny of several Tuvan and Mongolian traditional stringed instruments, especially the igil or the morin khuur, characterized by the head of a horse being carved into its headstock.
- spike fiddleAny of a number of stringed instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator and which are played with a bow.
- Hardanger fiddleA type of fiddle typical of Norwegian folk music, characterized by thinner wood than a standard fiddle and the use of either eight or nine strings, four to five of which are sympathetic.
- play second fiddleTo play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
- Apache fiddleA bowed string instrument of the indigenous Apache people of the southwestern United States, made from a plant stalk with one or two strings, often of horse hair.
- bass fiddleA double bass (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).
- bull fiddleA double bass (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).
- fiddle aboutSynonym of fiddle around: To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).
- guitar fiddleAny of certain precursors of the violin, possessing characteristics of both guitar and fiddle.
- keyed fiddleSynonym of nyckelharpa: A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic …
- horse head fiddleAlternative form of horsehead fiddle: Any of several Tuvan and Mongolian traditional stringed instruments, especially the igil or the morin khuur, characterized by the head of a horse being carved into its headstock.
- fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one’s time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddleAge does not inherently diminish the value or utility of an object or individual.
- fiddle aroundTo toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).
- first fiddleThe fiddle part generally carrying the melody.
- fiddle awayTo play the fiddle idly.
- Scotch fiddleScabies; an itch.
- face like a fiddleA long face; a melancholy expression.
- fiddle beetleA Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).
- fiddle blockA long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block.
- fiddle blocksplural of fiddle block: 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.
Compound words 38
- twiddleTo wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- fiddlyRequiring dexterity to operate.
- fiddleheadThe scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
- fiddlebowA bow used to play the fiddle.
- refiddleTo fiddle again.
- fiddlestickOne of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
- fiddleryFiddling about; tweaking or manipulation.
- fiddlestringOne of the strings of a fiddle.
- defiddleTo clean up an automatically pixelated artwork so that it looks presentable.
- fiddlebackThe brown recluse spider.