ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Diddy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈdɪdi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Diddy is a noun meaning (informal, Ireland, British) A fool, a tit.

Meaning

(informal, Ireland, British) A fool, a tit.

More Meanings

  1. (UK, informal) Very small, tiny.
  2. (UK, slang) A gypsy.
  3. (Canada, US, childish, rare) Alternative form of didie (“a diaper”).
  4. (slang) A woman's breast.

Example Sentences

Last month a diddy told my fortune.
Me mither mend't me auld breeks, / But ay! but they were diddy;
They always have a big belly or a new babby hidden inside the shawl suckin on her diddy.
To the typical genre reader a diddy would be, to borrow a term from John Dickson Carr, below suspicion.

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Related dictionary entries include didi, ducky, ding-dong, dairy, duff, diddly.

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