Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diddle"
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) 1.7 (wn)
diddle
v 1: 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" [syn: {swindle}, {rook}, {goldbrick}, {nobble},
{bunco}, {defraud}, {scam}, {mulct}, {gyp}, {con}]
2: 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: [syn: {toy}, {fiddle}, {play}]
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