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Synonyms for diddle

Grammar : Verb
Spell : did-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪd l

Définition of diddle

Origin :
  • "to cheat, swindle," 1806, from dialectal duddle, diddle "to totter" (1630s). Meaning "waste time" is recorded from 1825. Meaning "to have sex with" is from 1879; that of "to masturbate" (especially of women) is from 1950s. More or less unrelated meanings that have gathered around a suggestive sound. Related: Diddled; diddling.
  • verb loiter
Example sentences :
  • Since still they make ballads that worse and worseSavor of diddle and hey-de-dee.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • The origin of the diddle is referrable to the infancy of the Human Race.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • I reason a priori, and a diddle would be no diddle without a grin.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • We all wondered what this could be, for we knew it was not there when Diddle went up.
  • Extract from : « Old Wonder-Eyes » by L. K. Lippincott
  • He there states that Pancakes and “Diddle, diddle dumplings O!”
  • Extract from : « The Cries of London » by John Thomas Smith
  • Did they mean Sir William's son, John, by their "diddle dumpling?"
  • Extract from : « Cardigan » by Robert W. Chambers
  • They diddle the workers o' France an' ither countries in the same way.
  • Extract from : « The Underworld » by James C. Welsh
  • I hope you will be so successful in your foreign journey as to diddle the Edinburgh folk out of some cash this winter.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 » by John Gibson Lockhart
  • Diddling—or the abstract idea conveyed by the verb to diddle—is sufficiently well understood.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • A diddler may thus be regarded as a banker in petto—a "financial operation," as a diddle at Brobdignag.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Antonyms for diddle

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