A stringed instrument of music; a violin.

To play on a fiddle or violin. Themistocles said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. It is said that Nero fiddled, when Rome was in flames .

To trifle; to shift the hands often and do nothing, like a fellow that plays on a fiddle. Good cooks cannot abide what they call fiddling work.

To play a tune on a fiddle.