to be as fit as a fiddle
V
Informal
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English Definitions
fiddle
N
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
fiddle
V
avoid (one's assigned duties)
fiddle
V
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
fiddle
V
play the violin or fiddle
fiddle
V
play on a violin
fiddle
V
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
fiddle
V
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
fiddle
V
try to fix or mend
fiddle with
V
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
fiddle-faddle
N
trivial nonsense
(of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
N
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
fiddlehead
N
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
N
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
N
hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
fiddler
N
a musician who plays the violin
fiddler
N
someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
fiddler
N
an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
N
burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
N
a bow used in playing the violin
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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