Verb: diddle di-d(u)l
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Deprive of by deceit
"He diddled me out of my inheritance";
- swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]
- [N. Amer, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
"they diddled in the back of the car";
- sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]
- Spend time ineffectually; procrastinate
"Both spent years diddling doing other projects";
- fanny around [Brit, slang], fanny about [Brit, slang]
Derived forms: diddling, diddles, diddled
Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], copulate, couple, mate, pair, rip off [informal]
Encyclopedia: Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John