Violin

Violin Meanings:

• A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
• (US) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/,
• (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌvɑeˈlɘn/, /ˌvɑe.ɘˈlɘn/
• A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
• (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.
• (music, metonymically) The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.
• fiddle (see above), crowd (obsolete or dialectical)
• (transitive, intransitive) To play on, or as if on, a violin.
• [slang] A four-stringed instrument with two "f holes" cut into the top to release the sound. Used to play or accompany a wide variety of music, from classical to techno, and even rock.
• [slang] An instrument that can sound beautiful WHEN PLAYED RIGHT. However, most of the time it isn't.
• [slang] The most difficult instrument to master (not play, but master), with challenging left-right hand coordination. It has a pleasent sound with four strings tuned in fifths. Violinists are generally smart people or slackers like Charlie.
• [slang] The hightest instrument in the string section. i am a violinist and a violist and i think it is unfair to comment on an instrument without playing it. The violin has a beautiful high range and the viola has a melodious low range. They both sound beautiful when played properly and the player must be dedicated and put much time into their playing. (people who do not play an instrument would not understand this concept!)
• [slang] Anyone who plays it has a heart like the sounds of the violin itself.
• [slang] One of the most beautiful and expressive instruments in the world of music. It can range from playful and cheeky to sorrowful and breathtaking. It imitates the human voice with its own unique sound. Yes, it takes a while to learn how to play properly - just like any other instrument. And personally, I don't think it sounds like a dying cat at all. Dunno where people get that from...
• [slang] A beautiful bowed four-stringed instrument (more strings on the Norwegian variety, the Hardanger fiddle or hardingfele) that is incredibly difficult to play well. There are quite a number of musical pieces that show the technical prowess of players of this instrument.
• [slang] Like a little guitar with a bow. Sounds quite nice is it's played properly, but it's played wrong you feel like smacking the person whos playing it around the head.