глагол [используется в разговорной речи] 1) двигаться резкими толчками; трястись, сотрясаться Синоним(ы): jerk, shake, quiver 2) тратить зря, понапрасну; терять время даром Синоним(ы): trifle 3) надувать, разыгрывать, обманывать; мошенничать; обирать Например: to diddle somebody out of his money — выманить у кого-либо деньги Синоним(ы): beguile, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive, swindle, trap, trick, hoax, victimize 4) бездельничать; слоняться без дела; дурачиться Синоним(ы): dawdle, fool, toy 5) [грубое] совокупляться, спариваться
verb (diddled; diddling) Etymology: origin unknown transitive verb 1. chiefly dialect to move with short rapid motions 2. to waste (as time) in trifling 3. hoax, swindle 4. often vulgar to copulate with intransitive verb 1. dawdle, fool 2. fiddle, toy — usually used with with Example: diddled with the machine until it broke • diddler noun
(US) To work in a casual manner, or the result of such work. (In the UK "to diddle someone" means to cheat them). "I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code and see if the problem goes away." Similar to twiddle, less purposeful than tweak.