transitive verb diddled -·dled, diddling -·dling

1. Informal to move back and forth in a jerky or rapid manner; jiggle
2. Slang
   1. to have sexual intercourse with
   2. to masturbate

Etymology: dial. duddle, diddle, to totter, akin to dodder

intransitive verb

transitive verb diddled -·dled, diddling -·dling

1. to cheat, swindle, or victimize
2. to waste (time) in trifling: often followed by away

Etymology: ? after Jeremy Diddler, character in the play Raising the Wind (1803), by James Kenney: name prob. < dial. duddle, to trick, ult. < OE dyderian, to fool

intransitive verb