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/dˈɪdəl/
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VERB
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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 -
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
How To Use diddle In A Sentence
- They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim.
- He diddled me! He said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five.
- I never sat in a room and tried to copy records or practice a paradiddle. ɘloЯ
- For two years the gang bought and sold mobile phones and diddled the Revenue out of an estimated £40m.
- Her tarradiddle was of a nature that is usually considered excusable - at least with grown-up people; but, nevertheless, she would have been nearer to perfection could she have confined herself to the truth.
- They've diddled me out of the rent!
- The slide technique derives from a homemade one-string contraption known as the diddley bow, a childhood toy of many American blues pioneers and similar to African stringed instruments. Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
- riddle-diddle-dow," Furlong wondered what a milliner could have to do in such an establishment, and his wonder was not lessened when his guide added, "The milliner is a queer chap, and maybe he'll tell us something funny. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
- It takes all kinds, and da dumb sheep-kine is definitely flailing around looking for their trough of free oats, headpats, comfortable daily livings for doing jack-diddley and making fun of other people as long as they're straight, white or don't want to share their sexual orientation or personal problems with the entire world . . . Preaching to the Choir When the Song Has Changed
- This nincum-fubby-diddle-boodle, he Went home, and did not GAWATN'S laughter see! Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870
