diddy
US/ˈdɪdi/
diddy noun: a woman's breast. Also the alternative form of didie.
Noun (1)
diddy (plural diddies)
- A woman's breast.
- It’s what they call a roany bush. Well, it’s green now, but in a month’s time it’ll be as red as a fox’s diddy, and you wouldn’t know it for berries growing all over it.1911, Joseph Campbell, Mearing Stones
- They always have a big belly or a new babby hidden inside the shawl suckin on her diddy.2015, Martha Long, Run, Lily, Run, →ISBN, page 155
- A fool, a tit.
- Hell, I almost regret editing out my original miss-spelling of the word 'literacy', since your sense of humour seems to be in need of some assistance, and that would have been a classic, one-off opportunity not only to make me look a right diddy, but to finally prove that Americans do understand...2004 September 9, Iain McFadzen, “Remake of Taxi pissing me off”, in CGTalk, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2015
Adjective
diddy (comparative diddier, superlative diddiest)
- Very small, tiny.
- Me mither mend't me auld breeks, / But ay! but they were diddy;1894, R. Brimley Johnson, editor, Popular British Ballads Ancient and Modern, “Robbie Tamson’s Smiddie”
- There's a pear orchard, and a knot garden, and a diddy little lake that's just big enough to swim in . . . hey, if the weather stays like this, we can have a dip tomorrow.2013, Angela Woolfe, The Surprising Life of Charlie Glass (size 18 and a Bit), →ISBN, page 380
Noun (2)
diddy (plural diddies)
- A gypsy.
- Real Gypsies despise them and call them ' diddikais — dirty diddies,' and half the sins laid at their door have been committed by these diddikais.1943, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 82
- Last month a diddy told my fortune.2011, Mary Ellen Dennis, The Greatest Love on Earth, →ISBN, page 90
Also used as
diddy is also the alternative form of didie.
Forms of diddy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | diddies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | diddier |
| superlative | diddiest |
Origin of diddy
Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.
Likely from Romani didikai; compare didicoy.
Phrases with diddy
Words that rhyme with diddy
Questions about diddy
- What does diddy mean?
- Diddy means a woman's breast.
- What part of speech is diddy?
- Diddy can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce diddy?
- Diddy is pronounced /ˈdɪdi/ (US).
- What is the plural of diddy?
- The plural of diddy is diddies.
Words near diddy in the dictionary
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