[did.dle] vb did.dled ; did.dling [origin unknown] vt (1786) 1 chiefly dial: to move with short rapid motions
2: to waste (as time) in trifling
3: hoax, swindle
4: to copulate with--often considered vulgar ~ vi 1: dawdle, fool
2: fiddle, toy--usu. used with with "diddled with the machine until it broke" -- did.dler n