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 als
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).
"fiddle" means: A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"fiddle" means: A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Just the fiddle heads, which probably do deserve some looking up before I accidentally kill ya! But if there's only one that looks like that, then just those curly ones!
"fiddle" means: A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder.... Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Hi everyone. May the 5th be with you and I hope you join us for @anotherroundtrivia.bsky.social at the Fox & Fiddle Danforth tonight! Trivia starts at 7:00pm Arrive early to grab a table. See you tonight...”
“"An acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career." www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...”
“Dum dum diddle, where's me bleeding fiddle 😂”
“But they'll still be doing all the accounting along the way right, just that they'll have more time to fiddle the figures?”
“When I log back in I gotta fiddle with C+ more, it's hard to make them look properly fat + burly, but I think Kallo's outfits are just good at hiding their physique maybe lmao”
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A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
“Europe MUST NOT fiddle while Putin tries to burn it all down”
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(usually, _, proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
“they played us like a damn fiddle.”
“Not since Johnny met the Devil has a fiddle been played like Iran has played Trump.”
“Just the fiddle heads, which probably do deserve some looking up before I accidentally kill ya! But if there's only one that looks like that, then just those curly ones!”
“fiddle de deeeee! love these ferny fiddleheads...!”
“Xbox is playing y'all like a fiddle. Discontinuing unpopular AI integrations for the quick good PR while bringing more and more people from the AI team into leadership positions. Their plan isn't reducing AI, their plan is going all in, but in sneakier background ways.”
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