What Is the Word Diddling?

transitive verb. 1 chiefly dialectal : to move with short rapid motions. 2 : to waste (time) in trifling. 3 : hoax, swindle. 4 usually vulgar : to copulate with.

Where did the word diddling come from?

From dialectal duddle (“to trick”) (16th century), duddle (“to totter”) (17th century); perhaps influenced by the name (which itself was probably chosen as an allusion to duddle) of the swindling character Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's Raising the Wind (1803).

What does Diddle mean in UK?

diddle in British English

(ˈdɪdəl ) verb informal. 1. ( transitive) to cheat or swindle.