1. a bow used to play a violin or similar stringed instrument

1. used to express mild annoyance or dismissal
Usage: informal; dated

Examples

• The violinist carefully rosined her fiddlestick before the performance.
• He drew the fiddlestick across the strings with practiced ease.
• The old fiddlestick needed new horsehair.
• Fiddlesticks! I forgot my keys again.
• When she suggested the ridiculous plan, he simply said ‘Fiddlesticks!’
• The musician’s fiddlestick snapped during the concert.
• Fiddlesticks to that idea – it’ll never work.