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.
Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.
The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.
To play on, or as if on, a violin.
An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when whirled around, once used by watchmen to warn of danger