facilitate. To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. A motion whose speed increases upon itself is said to be accelerated, as the motion of a falling body, which becomes swifter with every second of time.
: one of the young unfurling fronds of some ferns that are often eaten as greens âcalled also fiddlehead fern.See fiddlehead defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. one of the young unfurling fronds of some ferns that are often eaten as greens âcalled also fiddlehead fern.
Fiddlesticks is a dismissive term meaning that what was just said was nonsense or irrelevant. (for further information, see the first related link). Another Definition for the Term. Fiddlesticks is a way of playing rhythm on a fiddle while someone is fiddling. One of the best fiddlers was Dewey Balfa, a true Cajun, and you can see a film of him and his nephew playing fiddlesticks at the related link below.