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diddle

1

[ did-l ]

verb (used with object)

diddled, diddling.
  1. Informal. to cheat; swindle; hoax.


diddle

2

[ did-l ]

verb (used without object)

diddled, diddling.
  1. Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with ):

    The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.

  2. to waste time; dawdle (often followed by around ):

    You would be finished by now if you hadn't spent the morning diddling around.

  3. Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions.

verb (used with object)

diddled, diddling.
  1. Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions; jiggle:

    Diddle the switch and see if the light comes on.

  2. Slang.
    1. to copulate with.
    2. to practice masturbation upon.

diddle

1

/ 藞诲瑟诲蓹濒 /

verb

  1. tr to cheat or swindle
  2. intr an obsolete word for dawdle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

diddle

2

/ 藞诲瑟诲蓹濒 /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to jerk (an object) up and down or back and forth; shake rapidly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲颈诲诲濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈诲顎僤濒别谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of diddle1

First recorded in 1800鈥10; perhaps special use of diddle 2

Origin of diddle2

First recorded in 1800鈥10; of uncertain origin; perhaps from dialect diddle 鈥渢o cheat, hoax鈥 or from dialect doodle (in archaic sense) 鈥渇ool鈥; diddle 1( def ), doodle 1 (in senses 鈥渢o waste time; to deceive鈥)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of diddle1

C19: back formation from Jeremy Diddler, a scrounger in J. Kenney's farce Raising the Wind (1803)

Origin of diddle2

C17: probably variant of doderen to tremble, totter; see dodder 1
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Example Sentences

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鈥淭here鈥檚 a diversion effect of people who could be getting help either through counseling or medication who are instead diddling with a chatbot,鈥 said Koppel, who studies health information technology.

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Trump will stall the case, diddle the docket, drag out the appeal, appeal from the appeals court, and, if he becomes cornered resort to another trick he has considerable experience with鈥攈e will declare bankruptcy.

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That sentence should have read: 鈥淎s the Trump administration diddled with nostrums and quack cures, the new surgeon general kept forfeiting his integrity.鈥

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Jubilation ensued, especially among Netflix viewers, who proved over the weekend following the second season premiere that cutting back on the diddling did not adversely impact on the show's popularity.

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Kecmanovic, though, wins four points in a row ... only to be diddled by an incredible lob; deuce it is, then again when Monfils nails a blazing forehand.

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