Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 3 compound words that contain fiddles. The most common are listed below. Open fiddles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- Apache fiddlesplural of Apache fiddle: A 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 fiddlesplural of bass fiddle: A double bass (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).
- bull fiddlesplural of bull fiddle: A double bass (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).
- fiddles aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle about: To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).
- fiddles aroundthird-person singular simple present indicative 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).
- fiddles awaythird-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle away: To play the fiddle idly.
- first fiddlesplural of first fiddle: The fiddle part generally carrying the melody.
- guitar fiddlesplural of guitar fiddle: Any of certain precursors of the violin, possessing characteristics of both guitar and fiddle.
- keyed fiddlesplural of keyed fiddle: 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 …
- lead fiddlesplural of lead fiddle: The fiddle part generally carrying the melody.
- second fiddlesplural of second fiddle: A fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.
- spike fiddlesplural of spike fiddle: Any of a number of stringed instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator and which are played with a bow.
- troubadour fiddlesplural of troubadour fiddle: Any of certain precursors of the violin, possessing characteristics of both guitar and fiddle.
- Hardanger fiddlesplural of Hardanger fiddle: A 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.
- horsehead fiddlesplural 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.
- faces like fiddlesplural of face like a fiddle: A long face; a melancholy expression.
- fit as fiddlesAlternative form of fit as a fiddle (when the referents are plural).
- horse head fiddlesplural of horse head 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.
- taro-patch fiddlesplural of taro-patch fiddle: A five-stringed musical instrument originating in the traditional music of Hawaii.
- fiddles while Rome burnsthird-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle while Rome burns: To 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 …
- faces as long as fiddlesplural of face as long as a fiddle: A long face; a melancholy expression.
- wheel fiddlesplural of wheel fiddle: A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.
Compound words 3
- fiddlesticksNonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
- phonofiddlesplural of phonofiddle: A Stroh violin.
- bumfiddlesplural of bumfiddle: bum; bottom