diddle
🇺🇸
/ˈdɪdl/
🇬🇧
/ˈdɪdl/
verb
R
to trick someone into giving you something valuable
The salesman diddled the customers by selling them low-quality products.
R
to spend time without doing anything important
I spent the whole day diddled, watching TV and doing nothing else.
R
to play with something without paying much attention
The child diddled with the toy, not really knowing how to use it.
translation
to trick someone into giving you something valuable; to spend time without doing anything important; to play with something without paying much attention
Word Forms
3rd Present
diddles
Past
diddled
Perfect
diddled
Progressive
diddling