fiddler

Speech parts

1. fiddler - Noun

2. Fiddler - Proper noun

Meaning

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

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, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.

The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

violinist tinkerer musician cheat deceiver twiddler violin player joker dodger sandpiper Atlantic salmon player composer fraud performer
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Antonyms

hummer captain attraction boss administrator attractor
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Hypernyms

player manipulator musician instrumentalist unskilled person

Phrases with the word

drunk as a fiddler's bitch as drunk as a fiddler's bitch fiddler ray as drunk as a fiddler Fiddler on the Roof

Anagrams

Friddle

Examples

This would be a great world to dance in if we didn't have to pay the fiddler. Will Rogers

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. Renee Fleming

I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler. Norman Jewison

Give a hungarian a glass of water and a gypsy fiddler and he will become completely drunk. Hungarian Proverb

They that dance must pay the fiddler. Scottish Proverb

You must pay the fiddler if you want to dance. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fiddleleaf rubber tree fiddleleaf tobacco fiddleneck fiddler crab Fiddler on the Roof fiddler ray