DIDDLE Meaning of DIDDLE in English v. colloq. 1 tr. cheat, swindle. 2 intr. US waste time. diddler n.[ prob. back-form. f. Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's 'Raising the Wind' (1803) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012