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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
diddle
1. 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. The action or result of diddling.
See also tweak, twiddle, frob.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. i. [Cf. Daddle.]
To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] --Quarles.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the
letter r being changed to l.]
To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
diddle 1. vt. 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. n. The action or result of
diddling. See also tweak, twiddle, frob.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. i. [Cf. Daddle.]
To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] --Quarles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the
letter r being changed to l.]
To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] --Beaconsfield.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
diddle
v 1: 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" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]
2: 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" [syn: toy, fiddle, play]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
diddle
interj.
(non-gloss definition: A meaningless word used when singing a tune or
indicating a rhythm.)
n.
1 (lb en music) 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 <i>same speed</i> as the
context in which they are placed.
2 (lb en slang childish) The penis.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive slang) To cheat; to swindle.
2 (lb en transitive slang) To molest.
3 (lb en transitive slang) To masturbate (especially of women).
4 (lb en transitive) To waste time.
5 (lb en intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to
daddle.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
diddle
interj.
(non-gloss definition: A meaningless word used when singing a tune or
indicating a rhythm.)
n.
1 (lb en music) 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 <i>same speed</i> as the
context in which they are placed.
2 (lb en slang childish) The penis.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive slang) To cheat; to swindle.
2 (lb en transitive slang) To molest.
3 (lb en transitive slang) To masturbate (especially of women).
4 (lb en transitive) To waste time.
5 (lb en intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to
daddle.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
diddle
interj.
(non-gloss definition: A meaningless word used when singing a tune or
indicating a rhythm.)
n.
1 (lb en music) 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 <i>same speed</i> as the
context in which they are placed.
2 (lb en slang childish) The penis.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive slang) To cheat; to swindle.
2 (lb en transitive slang) To molest.
3 (lb en transitive slang) To masturbate (especially of women).
4 (lb en transitive) To waste time.
5 (lb en intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to
daddle.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
diddle
interj.
(non-gloss definition: A meaningless word used when singing a tune or
indicating a rhythm.)
n.
1 (lb en music) 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 <i>same speed</i> as the
context in which they are placed.
2 (lb en slang childish) The penis.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive slang) To cheat; to swindle.
2 (lb en transitive slang) To molest.
3 (lb en transitive slang) To masturbate (especially of women).
4 (lb en transitive) To waste time.
5 (lb en intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to
daddle.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Diddle /dˈɪdəl/
غشّ
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
diddle /[ˈdɪdəɫ]/
изигравам, измамвам
to cheat; to swindle
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
diddle /dˈɪdəl/
ošidit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
diddle /dˈɪdəl/
[Br.] jdn. (um etw.) betrügen , sich etw. von jdm. erschwindeln
"cheat/swindle/diddle sb. out of their inheritance" - jdn. um seine Erbschaft betrügen
Synonyms: cheat, swindle, chisel sb.
see: cheating, swindling, diddling, chiseling, cheated, swindled, diddle, chiseled
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
diddle /dˈɪdəl/
betrogen, erschwindelt
"cheat/swindle/diddle sb. out of their inheritance" - jdn. um seine Erbschaft betrügen
Synonyms: cheated, swindled, chiseled
see: cheat, swindle, diddle, chisel sb., cheating, swindling, diddling, chiseling
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
diddle /dˈɪdəl/
1. aldatmak, kandırmak, dolandırmak
2. boşuna vakit geçirmek, vakit öldürmek: kımıldatmak, sarsmak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "diddle":
ball, bamboozle, be intimate, beat, beguile, beguile of,
beguile the time, betray, bilk, bluff, bunco, burn, burn daylight,
cajole, cheat, cheat on, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, circumvent,
cog, cog the dice, cohabit, come together, commit adultery, con,
conjure, consume time, copulate, couple, cover, cozen, crib,
dabble, dally, dawdle, deceive, defraud, delude, dillydally, do,
do in, do out of, doodle, double-cross, drone, dupe, euchre,
finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, footle, forestall, fornicate,
fribble, frig, fritter away time, fudge, gammon, get around, gouge,
gull, gyp, have, have sex, have sexual relations, hoax, hocus,
hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, kill time, lag, lallygag,
lay, laze, let down, lie with, linger, loaf, loiter, loll,
lollygag, lose time, lounge, make it with, make love, make out,
mate, mock, mount, mulct, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit,
overreach, pack the deal, pass the time, piddle, pigeon,
play one false, poke, potter, practice fraud upon,
put something over, putter, rook, scam, screw, sell gold bricks,
serve, service, shave, shortchange, sleep with, snow,
stack the cards, stick, sting, string along, swindle, take,
take a dive, take in, thimblerig, throw a fight, trick, trifle,
two-time, victimize, waste time
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 欺骗,骗取,浪费;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 欺骗,骗取,浪费
vi. 快速摇动
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