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diddle
1[ did-l ]
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to cheat; swindle; hoax.
diddle
2[ did-l ]
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with ):
The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
- to waste time; dawdle (often followed by around ):
You would be finished by now if you hadn't spent the morning diddling around.
- Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions; jiggle:
Diddle the switch and see if the light comes on.
- Slang.
- to copulate with.
- to practice masturbation upon.
diddle
1/ ˈdɪdəl /
verb
- dialect.to jerk (an object) up and down or back and forth; shake rapidly
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Derived Forms
- ˈdiddler, noun
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Other Words From
- diddler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diddle2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diddle1
Origin of diddle2
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Example Sentences
The only reason to have a separate vote is to diddle the White House around.
Doctors understand this: When we diddle, our power is not consolidated, but completely lost.
Now I want yo ter tell me all bout dis bisness flummy-diddle whats frettin yo.
For the diddlum dayDay diddle dum di!Day diddle diddle dum day!
You will find there A fitter hand than mine, to reach her frets, And play down diddle to her.Petro.
Dum-dum-diddle-um-tum-dum-dum-dum-ty-doodle; dum-dum—I say, you don't seem particularly cut up?
We all wondered what this could be, for we knew it was not there when Diddle went up.
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