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Webster 1913 Edition


Diddle

Did′dle

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf.
Daddle
.]
To totter, as a child in walking.
[Obs.]
Quarles.

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.
To totter, as a child in walking.

Definition 2024


diddle

diddle

English

Noun

diddle (plural diddles)

  1. (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
  2. (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.

Verb

diddle (third-person singular simple present diddles, present participle diddling, simple past and past participle diddled)

  1. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
  2. (transitive) to have sex with
  3. (transitive) to **** (especially of women)
  4. (transitive) to waste time
  5. (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!

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  • See also Wikisaurus:copulate
  • See also Wikisaurus:****

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