1. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner. "I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code and see if the problem goes away."
See tweak and twiddle .
2. The action or result of diddling.
See also tweak , twiddle , frob .
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(1995-01-31)