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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: diddle v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance" [syn: {swindle}, {rook}, {nobble}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {mulct}, {gyp}, {con}] 2: manipulate manually with no purpose or aim often without being conscious of doing so "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws" [syn: {toy}, {fiddle}, {play}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [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)
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