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Webster 1913 Edition
Diddle
Did′dle
,Verb.
T.
[Perh. from AS.
dyderian
to deceive, the letter r being changed to l.] To cheat or overreach.
[Colloq.]
Beaconsfield.
Webster 1828 Edition
Diddle
DIDDLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
diddle
diddle
English
Noun
diddle (plural diddles)
- (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 ****.
- 2011, L. R. Baker, Wingnut: Operation Payback (page 104)
- Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle, and make himself ready to pee on the wire.
- 2011, L. R. Baker, Wingnut: Operation Payback (page 104)
Verb
diddle (third-person singular simple present diddles, present participle diddling, simple past and past participle diddled)
- (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
- (transitive) to have sex with
- (transitive) to **** (especially of women)
- (transitive) to waste time
- (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
- Frances Quarles
- And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!
- Frances Quarles
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:copulate
- See also Wikisaurus:****
Translations
to cheat; to swindle
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