v.
Pronunciation: ' di-d ə l
Function: verb
Inflected Form: did · dled ; did · dling \ ' did-li ŋ , -d ə l-i ŋ \
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1786
transitive verb
1 chiefly dialect : to move with short rapid motions
2 : to waste (as time) in trifling
3 : HOAX , SWINDLE
4 often vulgar : to copulate with
intransitive verb
1 : DAWDLE , FOOL
2 : FIDDLE , TOY ― usually used with with < diddled with the machine until it broke>
– did · dler \ ' did-l ə r, -d ə l- ə r \ noun