DIDDLE


Meaning of DIDDLE in English

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

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