Diddle

Quick meaning: Diddle is a noun meaning (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.

Meaning

(transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, slang) To molest.
2. (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
3. (transitive) To waste time.
4. (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
5. (music, countable) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
6. (slang, childish, countable) The penis.
7. (slang, uncountable) Gin (the drink).

Example Sentences

What's that tune that goes "diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum-dum"?

And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!

'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'

[…] a long, wooden porch good for listening to coyotes and owls, with a glass of diddle at hand.

Word Forms

• diddles
• diddling
• diddled

Synonyms for diddle

Depending on context, synonyms include defraud, lollygag, reel, stagger, sway, play.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fiddle, con, play, toy, bunco, gyp.

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