| v. i. | 1. | To totter, as a child in walking. |
| v. t. | 1. | To cheat or overreach. |
| Verb | 1. | diddle - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" |
| 2. | diddle - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" |
| 1. | diddle - To work with or modify in a not particularly serious
manner. "I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't
double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code
and see if the problem goes away." See tweak and twiddle. | ||
| 2. | diddle - The action or result of diddling. See also tweak, twiddle, frob. |
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