fiddler
Hoedown string player
A fiddler is someone who plays the fiddle—the violin, especially in folk, country, or traditional music contexts.
The word also applies to someone who fiddles in the sense of tinkering or fussing: He's a fiddler, always adjusting things.
A fiddler crab has one oversized claw resembling an arm working a bow.
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- hoedownLively rural dance gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
old-time · contra dance · barn dance · square dance · traditional · acoustic · roots · breakdown
Respectful forward inclination
- stringsThin flexible lines
- rosiningApplying resin to bowstrings
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
concertmaster · soloist · virtuoso · maestro · accompanist · classical · chamber · quartet
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
itinerant · tavern · pub · wedding · showman · performer · serenader · balladeer
Medieval wandering entertainer
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- bardPoet of epics
- jesterRoyal household comedian
mummer · skald · wandering · court · feast · medieval · renaissance · faire
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- adjusterOne who calibrates
- tweakerMethamphetamine abuser
- meddlerOne who interferes uninvited
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
tampering · dabbler · putterer · futzing · button-pusher
jig
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- hoedownLively rural dance gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
bluegrass · old-time · contra dance · barn dance · square dance · traditional · acoustic · roots · breakdown · bowing
bow
Respectful forward inclination
pizzicato · concertmaster · soloist · virtuoso · maestro · accompanist · classical · chamber · quartet · ensemble
busker
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
wandering · itinerant · tavern · pub · wedding · showman · performer · serenader · balladeer · one-man band
jongleur
Medieval wandering entertainer
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- bardPoet of epics
jester · mummer · skald · wandering · court · feast · medieval · renaissance · faire · lute
tinkerer
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
fussing · tampering · dabbler · putterer · futzing · button-pusher
cheat
Act dishonestly to win
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
grifter · scammer · trickster · hustler · flimflam · charlatan · schemer · fixer · books · embezzler
crustacean
Aquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
saltwater · claw · waving · mating · tidal · mangrove · sand · coastal · estuary
- Fiddler on the Roofmilkman, Mendel, wedding canopy, matchmaking, Sholem Aleichem
- folk musiciansfolk singer, folk guitarist, folk duo, folk trio, balladeer
- medieval entertainersjester, minstrel, jongleur, troubadour, juggler
- fiddlingtinkering, twiddling, fussing, meddling, tampering
- Jewish Talesfolktales, aggadah, midrash, folk legends, moral fables
- music termsmelody, tempo, rhythm, harmony, beat
fiddlerdrummer
One who keeps rhythm
guitarist · pianist · percussionist · singer · vocalist
- fiddle withAdjust idly or nervously
- fiddling aroundIdle, unfocused activity
- fit as a fiddleIn excellent physical condition
- second fiddleSubordinate position or role
- play second fiddleOccupy secondary rank
- fiddled aroundSpent time unproductively
fiddle, fiddling, fiddles, fiddled, fiddlers, fiddly, fiddlesticks, fiddleheads, fiddlestick