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fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/

fiddlesticks interjection: nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain. Also the plural of fiddlestick.

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
    • Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors!
    • Golden pleasures! golden fiddlesticks!—What d'ye tell me of your canting stuff?1701, George Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, act 4, scene 2; republished in The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar, volume 1, London: John C. Nimmo, 1892, page 295
    Synonyms:
    bullshit
  2. (euphemistic, now sometimes specifically interpreted as a euphemism for 'fuck') Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
    • Oh, fiddlesticks! I locked my keys in the car.
    Synonyms:
    dammit

Also used as

fiddlesticks is also the plural of fiddlestick.

fiddlesticks meaning in Punjabi

fiddlesticks in Punjabi

expression of mild dismay or annoyance
ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ fiṭṭe mū̃h, ਦੁੱਰ ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ durra fiṭṭe mū̃h, ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਤੇਰਾ fiṭṭe mū̃h terā, فِٹّے مُونھ fiṭṭe mūnh, دُرّ فِٹّے مُونھ durr fiṭṭe mūnh, فِٹّے مُونھ تیرا fiṭṭe mūnh terā

Synonyms of fiddlesticks

Forms of fiddlesticks

alternative form (dated)fiddlestick

Origin of fiddlesticks

Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).

Questions about fiddlesticks

What does fiddlesticks mean?
Fiddlesticks means nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
What is fiddlesticks in Punjabi?
Fiddlesticks in Punjabi is ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ (fiṭṭe mū̃h), ਦੁੱਰ ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ (durra fiṭṭe mū̃h), ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਤੇਰਾ (fiṭṭe mū̃h terā). See Fiddlesticks meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is fiddlesticks?
Fiddlesticks is an interjection.
How do you pronounce fiddlesticks?
Fiddlesticks is pronounced /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/ (UK).

Words near fiddlesticks in the dictionary

  1. fiddles away
  2. fiddles while Rome burns
  3. fiddles with
  4. fiddlesome
  5. fiddlestick
  6. fiddlesticks
  7. fiddlestring
  8. fiddlestrings
  9. fiddleth
  10. Fiddletown
  11. fiddlewood

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