fiddlestick

noun

fid·​dle·​stick ˈfi-dᵊl-ˌstik 

1

: a violin bow

2

a

: something of little value : trifle

didn't care a fiddlestick for that

b

fiddlesticks ˈfi-dᵊl-ˌstiks  plural : nonsense

—used as an interjection

Synonyms

• applesauce [slang]
• balderdash
• baloney
• boloney
• beans
• bilge
• blah
• blah-blah
• blarney
• blather
• blatherskite
• blither
• bosh
• bull [slang]
• bunk
• bunkum
• buncombe
• claptrap
• codswallop [British]
• crapola [slang]
• crock
• drivel
• drool
• fiddle
• fiddle-faddle
• flannel [British]
• flapdoodle
• folderol
• falderal
• folly
• foolishness
• fudge
• garbage
• guff
• hogwash
• hokeypokey
• hokum
• hoodoo
• hooey
• horsefeathers [slang]
• humbug
• humbuggery
• jazz
• malarkey
• malarky
• moonshine
• muck
• nerts [slang]
• nonsense
• nuts
• piffle
• poppycock
• punk
• rot
• rubbish
• senselessness
• silliness
• slush
• stupidity
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle
• tommyrot
• tosh
• trash
• trumpery
• twaddle

Examples of fiddlestick in a Sentence

some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks!

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

fiddlestick

noun

fid·​dle·​stick ˈfid-ᵊl-ˌstik 

1

: a violin bow

2

plural : nonsense sense 1

—used as an interjection