First Known Use: 1577
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fiddle–faddle
noun fid·dle–fad·dle \ˈfi-dəl-ˌfa-dəl\
Definition of FIDDLE-FADDLE
: nonsense —often used as an interjection
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Origin of FIDDLE-FADDLE
reduplication of fiddle (fiddlesticks)
Related to FIDDLE-FADDLE
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
Rhymes with FIDDLE-FADDLE
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