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fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks/

Translations

fiddlesticksnoun

fiddlesticks

balivernesAu sens de « sottises, paroles ou idées absurdes », le mot s’emploie surtout au pluriel.

All this gossip about ghosts is sheer fiddlesticks.

Toutes ces rumeurs sur les fantômes ne sont que des balivernes.

Additional translations

archetsSens rare : pluriel de fiddlestick, l’archet du violon.

Synonyms

fiddlesticksinterjection

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks/

balivernes !Exclamation familière exprimant le rejet, l’incrédulité ou l’agacement.

Fiddlesticks! There's no way that story is true.

Balivernes ! Il n’y a aucun moyen que cette histoire soit vraie.

Additional translations

zut !Exclamation familière marquant surtout la contrariété ou la frustration.

Synonyms

fiddlesticknoun

fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪk/

archetPour l’instrument à cordes.

The violinist carefully tightened the horsehair on her fiddlestick before the performance.

La violoniste a soigneusement tendu les crins de son archet avant le concert.

Additional translations

bagatelleSens vieilli ou littéraire pour une chose insignifiante.

Synonyms

Definitions

fiddlesticksnoun

Nonsense; foolish ideas, talk, or behaviour.

All this gossip about ghosts is sheer fiddlesticks.

Plural form of fiddlestick, the bow used for playing a fiddle or violin.

The violinist loosened the horsehair on his old fiddlesticks.

fiddlesticksinterjection

An expression of disbelief or dismissal, often used to indicate that something is nonsense or unimportant.

Fiddlesticks! There's no way that story is true.

Used to express mild annoyance, frustration, or exasperation when something goes wrong.

Fiddlesticks! I left the report at home.

fiddlesticknoun

A bow used for playing a stringed musical instrument, such as a violin.

The violinist carefully tightened the horsehair on her fiddlestick before the performance.

A term used to refer to something insignificant or trivial.

He dismissed the problem as a mere fiddlestick, not worth worrying about.