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diddle
did·dle 1 D0209600 (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 D0209600 (dĭd′l)v. did·dled, did·dling, did·dles v.tr.1. To jerk up and down or back and forth.2. Vulgar Slang a. To have intercourse with (a woman).b. 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; see dodder1.]diddle (ˈdɪdəl) vb1. (tr) to cheat or swindle2. (intr) an obsolete word for dawdle[C19: back formation from Jeremy Diddler, a scrounger in J. Kenney's farce Raising the Wind (1803)] ˈdiddler n
diddle (ˈdɪdəl) vbdialect to jerk (an object) up and down or back and forth; shake rapidly[C17: probably variant of doderen to tremble, totter; see dodder1]did•dle1 (ˈdɪd l)
v.t. -dled, -dling. Informal. to cheat; swindle. [1800–10; of uncertain orig.] did′dler, n. did•dle2 (ˈdɪd l)
v. -dled, -dling. v.i. Informal. 1. to toy; fool: diddling with the controls. 2. to waste time (often fol. by around). 3. to move back and forth with short rapid motions. v.t. 4. Dial. to move back and forth rapidly; jiggle. [1780–90; expressive coinage, compare dodder1, doodle] did′dler, n. diddle
Past participle: diddled
Gerund: diddling
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| I diddle | | you diddle | | he/she/it diddles | | we diddle | | you diddle | | they diddle |
| Preterite |
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| I diddled | | you diddled | | he/she/it diddled | | we diddled | | you diddled | | they diddled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am diddling | | you are diddling | | he/she/it is diddling | | we are diddling | | you are diddling | | they are diddling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have diddled | | you have diddled | | he/she/it has diddled | | we have diddled | | you have diddled | | they have diddled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was diddling | | you were diddling | | he/she/it was diddling | | we were diddling | | you were diddling | | they were diddling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had diddled | | you had diddled | | he/she/it had diddled | | we had diddled | | you had diddled | | they had diddled |
| Future |
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| I will diddle | | you will diddle | | he/she/it will diddle | | we will diddle | | you will diddle | | they will diddle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have diddled | | you will have diddled | | he/she/it will have diddled | | we will have diddled | | you will have diddled | | they will have diddled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be diddling | | you will be diddling | | he/she/it will be diddling | | we will be diddling | | you will be diddling | | they will be diddling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been diddling | | you have been diddling | | he/she/it has been diddling | | we have been diddling | | you have been diddling | | they have been diddling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been diddling | | you will have been diddling | | he/she/it will have been diddling | | we will have been diddling | | you will have been diddling | | they will have been diddling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been diddling | | you had been diddling | | he/she/it had been diddling | | we had been diddling | | you had been diddling | | they had been diddling |
| Conditional |
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| I would diddle | | you would diddle | | he/she/it would diddle | | we would diddle | | you would diddle | | they would diddle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have diddled | | you would have diddled | | he/she/it would have diddled | | we would have diddled | | you would have diddled | | they would have diddled |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  diddle - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bunco, con, defraud, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | 2. |  diddle - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"toy, fiddle, playmanipulate - hold something in one's hands and move itput out, retire - cause to be out on a fielding play |
diddle 1verbSlang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: do, gyp, stick, sting.
diddle 2verbSlang. To pass time without working or in avoiding work:bum (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk.Slang: goldbrick, goof (off).Translationsdiddle
diddle (someone) out of (something)slang To trick or deceive someone into relinquishing something. I can't believe that shady salesman diddled you out of hundreds of dollars.See also: diddle, of, outdiddle with (something)To fiddle or play with something. Quit diddling with your keys, will you? You're making me nervous!See also: diddlediddle someone out of somethingto cheat someone into giving up something. The boys diddled the old man out of a few bucks. He was diddled out of his last dime.See also: diddle, of, outdiddle something out of someoneSl. to get something from someone by deception. We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop. They diddled Larry's last dime out of him.See also: diddle, of, outdiddle with somethingto play with something; to toy with something. Here, don't diddle with that watch. Stop diddling with your nose, Jimmy!See also: diddlediddle1. tv. to feel someone sexually. (see also feel someone 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. diddle something out of someone tv. to get something from someone by deception. We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop. See also: diddle, of, out, someone, somethingdiddle with something in. to play with something; to toy with something. Here, don’t diddle with that watch. See also: diddle, somethingdiddle
diddle (1)To work with or modify in a not particularly seriousmanner. "I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn'tdouble-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of codeand see if the problem goes away."
See tweak and twiddle.diddle (2)The action or result of diddling.
See also tweak, twiddle, frob.diddle
Related to diddle: doodleSynonyms for diddleverb to get money or something else from by deceitful trickerySynonyms- bilk
- cheat
- cozen
- defraud
- gull
- mulct
- rook
- swindle
- victimize
- chisel
- flimflam
- take
- trim
- do
- gyp
- stick
- sting
verb to pass time without working or in avoiding workSynonyms- bum
- idle
- laze
- loaf
- loiter
- lounge
- shirk
- goldbrick
- goof
Synonyms for diddleverb deprive of by deceitSynonyms- bunco
- con
- defraud
- gip
- goldbrick
- gyp
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- scam
- swindle
- short-change
- victimize
Related Words- short
- short-change
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imaginationSynonymsRelated Words |