🇬🇧 Fiddle meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A fiddle is a musical instrument with strings, like a violin, that you tuck under your chin and play by sliding a bow across the strings to make music.

Dad said my fiddle playing was getting better, right before the lightbulb shattered on the high note.

Grandma said my fiddle playing reminded her of a train; I still don’t know if that was a compliment.

I practiced the fiddle so much that the neighbors kindly gifted my parents earplugs and a cake that said “Good Luck.”

Our music teacher said, “Treat the fiddle gently,” so I stopped calling it a loud wooden squeak-box.

I named my fiddle “Sir Screech-a-lot” because of the terrible noises it makes when I practice.

On a rainy afternoon, the child found a dusty fiddle, an old fiddle, in the attic. The child drew the bow across the fiddle and a warm note filled the room. The cat came, the neighbor listened at the door, and even the clock seemed to slow for the fiddle. The child hugged the fiddle and smiled.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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