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    Did·dle
    /ˈdid(ə)l/

    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 "why diddle around with slow costly tests?"
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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › diddleDiddle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DIDDLE is to move with short rapid motions. How to use diddle in a sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › diddleDIDDLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Diddle definition: to cheat; swindle; hoax.. See examples of DIDDLE used in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDIDDLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDIDDLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. verb. If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly. [mainly British, informal] They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim. [VERB noun] 2. verb. If someone diddles, they waste time and do not achieve anything. [US, informal] ...if Congress were to just diddle around and not take any action at all.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › diddleDiddle - definition of diddle by The Free Dictionary

    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 .]

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitiondiddle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    Definition of diddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › diddleDiddle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    cause to be out on a fielding play. type of: manipulate. hold something in one's hands and move it. verb. (offensive) deprive of by deceit. synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, shortchange, swindle, victimize. see more.

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › diddlediddle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jul 10, 2024 · diddle (third-person singular simple present diddles, present participle diddling, simple past and past participle diddled) (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › diddleDiddle Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    To cheat, swindle, or victimize. To masturbate. (music) 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) The penis.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › diddleDiddle Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    DIDDLE meaning: 1 : to spend time doing something or handling something in an aimless way; 2 : to steal money from (someone) by cheating.

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