diddling

Verb

diddle (third-person singular simple present diddles, present participle diddling, simple past and past participle diddled)

1. (slang, transitive) To cheat; to swindle.
   • 'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda

   Synonyms:

   defraud, go to bed with

2. (slang, transitive) To molest.
3. (slang, transitive) To masturbate.

   Synonyms:

   beat off

4. (transitive) To waste time.

   Synonyms:

   dick around

5. (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
   • And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!1632, Frances Quarles, Divine Fancies
6. (slang, transitive) To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).

See all 11 meanings of diddle