diddle English

Meaning diddle meaning

What does diddle mean?

diddle

— verb (= fiddle, play) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination She played nervously with her wedding ring Don't fiddle with the screws He played with the idea of running for the Senate

— verb (= swindle, defraud, gyp) deprive of by deceit He swindled me out of my inheritance She defrauded the customers who trusted her the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Synonyms diddle synonyms

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swindle

defraud

cheat

deceive

con

victimize

trick

play

gyp

gip

fool

fleece

fiddle

toy with

toy

sting

short-change

scam

rook

nobble

mulct

hornswoggle

hoodwink

gull

goldbrick

delude

dawdle

dally

cozen

bunco

bilk

beguile

bamboozle

welch

trifle away

trifle

trick someone

thimblerig

surcharge

spoof

shortchange

shake

quiver

put on

pup

pull a fast one

overreach

overcharge

outsmart

loiter