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did⋅dle

1  [did-l]
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–verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.
Informal. to cheat; swindle; hoax.
Origin:
1800–10; perh. special use of diddle 2

Related forms:
diddler, noun
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2  [did-l] verb, -dled, -dling.
–verb (used without object)
1. Informal. to toy; fool (usually fol. by with): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
2. to waste time; dawdle (often fol. by around): You would be finished by now if you hadn't spent the morning diddling around.
3. Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions.
–verb (used with object)
4. Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions; jiggle: Diddle the switch and see if the light comes on.
5. Slang.
a. to copulate with.
b. to practice masturbation upon.
Origin:
1800–10; expressive coinage, perh. orig. in the Siamese twins diddle-diddle, diddle-daddle; cf. dodder 1 , doodle 1

Related forms:
diddler, noun
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did·dle 1   (dĭd'l)   
tr.v.   did·dled, did·dling, did·dles
Slang To cheat; swindle: "The Swiss have special laws for people who diddle hotels" (John le Carré).

[Perhaps akin to Old English dydrian, to deceive, or from variant of dialectal doodle, fool, simpleton; akin to Low German dudeldopp.]
did'dler n.
did·dle 2   (dĭd'l)   
v.   did·dled, did·dling, did·dles

v.   tr.

  1. To jerk up and down or back and forth.

  2. Vulgar Slang

    1. To have intercourse with (a woman).

    2. To practice masturbation upon.

v.   intr.

  1. To shake rapidly; jiggle.

  2. Slang To play experimentally; toy: The children diddled with the knobs on the television all afternoon.

  3. Slang To waste time: diddled around all morning.


[Probably alteration of dialectal didder, to quiver, tremble, from Middle English dideren, variant of daderen, doderen, perhaps from Low German.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
diddle

  1. tv.
    to feel someone sexually. (See also feel (so) up. Usually objectionable.) : She moved her hand over, like she was going to diddle him, then she jabbed him in the crystals.
  2. in.
    to masturbate [oneself]. (Usually objectionable.) : Have you been diddling again?
  3. tv.
    to masturbate someone else. (Akin to sense 1. Usually objectionable.) : She diddled him since it was his birthday.
  4. tv.
    to cheat someone. : The shop owner diddled me out of ten bucks.
  5. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : I'm tired of hearing who has diddled whom in Hollywood.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

diddle 
"to cheat, swindle," 1806, from dial. duddle, diddle "to totter" (1632). Meaning "waste time" is recorded from 1825. Meaning "to have sex with" is from 1879; that of "to masturbate" (especially of women) is from 1950s. More or less unrelated meanings that have gathered around a suggestive sound.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

diddle
1. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner. "I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code and see if the problem goes away."
See tweak and twiddle.
2. The action or result of diddling.
See also tweak, twiddle, frob.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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