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diddling definition
diddling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb diddle 1 of 2 senses of diddle Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb diddle 1 of 2 senses of diddle Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short Entailment of verb diddle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb diddle 2 senses of diddle Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => cheat, beat rip off chisel Sense 2 toy, fiddle, diddle, play => manipulate Familiarity of verb diddle diddle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb diddle Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => cheat, beat rip off chisel -------------- Sense 2 toy, fiddle, diddle, play => manipulate -------------- Overview of verb diddle The verb diddle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con -- (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. toy, fiddle, diddle, play -- (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:) Overview of verb diddle The verb diddle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con -- (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. toy, fiddle, diddle, play -- (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:)
diddling definition
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