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- Dictionarydiddle/ˈdɪdl/
verb
- 1. cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something: informal "he thought he'd been diddled out of his change"
- 2. pass time aimlessly or unproductively: informal North American "I felt sorry for her, diddling around in her room while her friends were having a good time"
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DIDDLE definition: 1. to get money from someone in a way that is not honest: 2. to work with something in a way that…. Learn more.
Diddle definition: to cheat; swindle; hoax.. See examples of DIDDLE used in a sentence.
The meaning of DIDDLE is to move with short rapid motions. How to use diddle in a sentence.
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.
Sep 27, 2024 · diddle (countable and uncountable, plural diddles) (music, countable) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed. (slang, childish, countable) The penis.
verb. 1. US vulgar, slang. to have sexual intercourse (with) 2. dialect. to jerk (an object) up and down or back and forth; shake rapidly. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of diddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 Definition. dĭdl. diddled, diddles, diddling. Meanings. Synonyms. Definition Source. Origin Verb Noun. Filter (0) verb. diddled, diddles, diddling. To move back and forth jerkily or rapidly. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To move back and forth in a jerky or rapid manner; jiggle. Webster's New World.
1) To cheat or swindle someone in an unfair or deceitful way: "He diddled me out of my money." 2) To pass or waste time unproductively, or to dawdle: "She diddled away the afternoon playing games."
