did•dle
We found 14 definitions of diddle from 7 different sources.
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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" | ||
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con | ||
rip off, chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" | ||
short, short-change cheat someone by not returning him enough money | ||
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" | ||
toy, fiddle, play | ||
manipulate treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | ||
flirt with, toy with, think about, entertain, think of have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" | ||
put out, retire retire; "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field" |