fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪk /

Save This Word!

noun

anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of fiddlestick

First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk.See fiddle, stick¹

Words nearby fiddlestick

fiddle pattern, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, fiddle while Rome burns, fiddlewood, fiddling, fiddly

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use fiddlestick in a sentence

If you've all the tense strings you may take life for your fiddlestick.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
Poor little Eden—poor little fiddlestick,” said Jones, “it does the young cub good.
St. Winifred's|Frederic W. Farrar
"Subterranean fiddlestick," burst out Jack, but the professor silenced him.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier|Fremont B. Deering
Didn't she, rather, do you the honor to say, 'A fiddlestick for your phrases!
The American|Henry James

Fiddlestick, and why did you not get this nonsense knocked out of your head when you were in the wars?
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for fiddlestick

fiddlestick

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) /

noun

informal a violin bow

any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle

fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012