fiddlestick

Meaning

Noun

1. One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
2. A bow used to play the fiddle.
3. A whit; a jot.

Intj

Dated form of fiddlesticks.

Synonyms

bow

🙇

violin bow

mare’s nest

stick

Translations

Geigenbogen

ασήμαντο πράγμα

archet

🙇

sornette

strijkstok

🙇

nadería

keman yayı

قوس الكمان

saçmalık

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fydylstyk

In summary

From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.