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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024did•dle1 /ˈdɪdəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -dled, -dling. - [Informal.]to cheat;
take money from unlawfully or dishonestly;
swindle.
did•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024did•dle1 (did′l),USA pronunciation v.t., -dled, -dling. - [Informal.]to cheat;
swindle;
hoax.
- perh. special use of diddle2 1800–10
- [Informal.]to toy;
fool (usually fol. by with):The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again. - to waste time;
dawdle (often fol. 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.
v.t. - [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.
- 1800–10; expressive coinage, perh. origin, originally in the Siamese twins diddle-diddle, diddle-daddle; compare dodder1, doodle1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: diddle /ˈdɪdəl/ vb informal - (transitive) to cheat or swindle
Etymology: 19th Century: back formation from Jeremy Diddler, a scrounger in J. Kenney's farce Raising the Wind (1803)ˈdiddler n |