Definition of Diddle

Verb: diddle di-d(u)l

Deprive of by deceit
"He diddled me out of my inheritance";
- victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer], bunko
Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
"Don't diddle with the screws";
- toy, fiddle, play
[N. Amer, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
- sleep together, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, make whoopee, nail [N. Amer]
(slang) spend time ineffectually; procrastinate
"Both spent years diddling doing other projects";
- fanny around [Brit], fanny about [Brit]