fiddlesticks

[ fid-l-stiks ]

interjection

1. (used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiddlesticks¹

First recorded in 1600–10; plural of fiddlestick or shortening of fiddlestick’s end (i.e., fiddlesticks end at a point, which is nothing)

Example Sentences

“Donald Trump is tweeting loudly and carrying fiddlesticks. The level of damage is not as much as one might have thought given all the tweeting and speeches.”

From Los Angeles Times

To those who say that’s just impractical, that Hadi’s being politically pragmatic in strengthening his own position before taking on the remnants of the old regime, Karman says, in effect, fiddlesticks.

From Time

"A hundred and twenty fiddlesticks," the major said.

From Project Gutenberg

City of learning, of strange miracles, of a thousand profundities——” “City of a thousand fiddlesticks!” piped the parrot.

From Project Gutenberg

The doctor’s reply was—“Fiddlesticks, madam, fiddlesticks,”—for doctors do not like other people, especially female-people, to put words in their mouths.

From Project Gutenberg