Fiddler
noun
A person who plays the violin, especially in a traditional or folk music style.
The band's fiddler played an impressive solo during the last song.
Often appears as...
- concert fiddler
- talented fiddler
noun
A kind of crab that lives on beaches and has one claw that is much larger than the other.
Fiddler crabs burrow in the sand and use their large claw for signaling and fighting.
Often appears as...
- fiddler crab species
- fiddler crab habitat
noun
A person who deceives or acts dishonestly.
He was accused of being a fiddler when the accounts didn't balance.
Often appears as...
- tax fiddler
- notorious fiddler
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person who plays the violin, especially in a traditional or folk music style.
The band's fiddler played an impressive solo during the last song.
Often appears as...
- concert fiddler
- talented fiddler
noun
A kind of crab that lives on beaches and has one claw that is much larger than the other.
Fiddler crabs burrow in the sand and use their large claw for signaling and fighting.
Often appears as...
- fiddler crab species
- fiddler crab habitat
noun
A person who deceives or acts dishonestly.
He was accused of being a fiddler when the accounts didn't balance.
Often appears as...
- tax fiddler
- notorious fiddler
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Music Style
Differentiates a 'fiddler' from a classical violinist by emphasizing traditional or folk styles.
At the folk festival, the fiddler's jigs and reels got everyone dancing.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Fiddlers often perform in casual, communal spaces such as pubs and street fairs.
The pub's atmosphere was lively with a fiddler playing in the corner.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo or Group
Fiddlers can be solo performers or part of a band, known for improvisation.
The band featured a fiddler who could improvise beautifully.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Style
Differentiates a 'fiddler' from a classical violinist by emphasizing traditional or folk styles.
At the folk festival, the fiddler's jigs and reels got everyone dancing.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Fiddlers often perform in casual, communal spaces such as pubs and street fairs.
The pub's atmosphere was lively with a fiddler playing in the corner.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo or Group
Fiddlers can be solo performers or part of a band, known for improvisation.
The band featured a fiddler who could improvise beautifully.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Style
Differentiates a 'fiddler' from a classical violinist by emphasizing traditional or folk styles.
At the folk festival, the fiddler's jigs and reels got everyone dancing.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Fiddlers often perform in casual, communal spaces such as pubs and street fairs.
The pub's atmosphere was lively with a fiddler playing in the corner.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo or Group
Fiddlers can be solo performers or part of a band, known for improvisation.
The band featured a fiddler who could improvise beautifully.
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Video examples
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likely to mean is that the small animals that live in the marsh whether they're fiddler crabs or insects are likely to be exposed to oil for decades to come penning says he will focus on tracking this effect to learn more about the marsh food web and help understand the oils impact
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Why we make bad...
off into the future a year. Now, why in the world do you get this pattern of results? These guys can tell us. What you see here are two lads, one of them larger than the the fireman and the fiddler.
Video examples
Giant Vacuum to Help...
likely to mean is that the small animals that live in the marsh whether they're fiddler crabs or insects are likely to be exposed to oil for decades to come penning says he will focus on tracking this effect to learn more about the marsh food web and help understand the oils impact
Video examples
Why we make bad...
off into the future a year. Now, why in the world do you get this pattern of results? These guys can tell us. What you see here are two lads, one of them larger than the the fireman and the fiddler.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Robert Crumb
American Artist
I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like. So there's some connection between visual images and music.
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Renee Fleming
American Musician
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.
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Charles Kettering
American Inventor
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
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Dickey Betts
American Musician
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.
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Harry Redknapp
English Coach
I am not a tax fiddler. I am not any kind of tax fiddler, never have been in my life.
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Ann Maxwell
American Author
Fiddler is keenly aware that justice and law don't necessarily equate.
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Amanda Shires
American Musician
I consider myself more of a rock 'n' roll fiddler.
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Johnny Gimble
American Musician
I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.
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Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
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Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.
Quote examples
Robert Crumb
American Artist
I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like. So there's some connection between visual images and music.
Quote examples
Renee Fleming
American Musician
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.
Quote examples
Charles Kettering
American Inventor
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
Quote examples
Dickey Betts
American Musician
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.
Quote examples
Harry Redknapp
English Coach
I am not a tax fiddler. I am not any kind of tax fiddler, never have been in my life.
Quote examples
Ann Maxwell
American Author
Fiddler is keenly aware that justice and law don't necessarily equate.
Quote examples
Amanda Shires
American Musician
I consider myself more of a rock 'n' roll fiddler.
Quote examples
Johnny Gimble
American Musician
I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.
Quote examples
Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
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Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.
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