diddleverb
uk/ˈdɪd.əl/us/ˈdɪd.əl/diddle verb (TRICK)
[ T ] informal to get money from someone in a way that is not honest:
He diddled me! He said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five.
I checked the bill and realized the restaurant had diddled me out of £5.
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- poison
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
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diddle verb (PLAY)
[ I or T ] US to work with something in a way that is not serious, or to play with something:
He diddled with the washing machine, but it still wouldn't work.
I'm not much of a musician, I just like to diddle around.
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Touching & feeling
- dab
- feel
- feel your way idiom
- fiddle
- fiddle (around) with sth
- finger
- hand
- hand to hand idiom
- handle
- haptic
- kinaesthesia
- lick
- nudge
- pat
- paw
- play
- tactile
- tap
- toy
- toy with sth
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diddle verb (HAVE SEX)
[ T ] US very informal to have sex with someone:
He's been diddling his secretary for years.