Vocabulary Entry

fiddlestick

|noun • verb

noun

A tool used for playing a stringed instrument, especially a violin; also, a term of contempt used to describe something trivial or of little value.

Example Sentences

"He used his fiddlestick to play a beautiful melody."

"Don't be so upset over that fiddlestick, it doesn't really matter."

"The argument was just a fiddlestick in the grand scheme of things."

verb

Example Sentences

"They fiddlestick each other during their playful banter."

"She likes to fiddlestick her friends to lighten the mood."

"He didn't mean to fiddlestick his brother; it was all in good fun."