English
Etymology
From dialectal duddle, "to trick" (16th century), "to totter" (17th century); perhaps influenced by the name (which itself was probably chosen as an allusion to duddle) of the swindling character Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's Raising the Wind (1803). Meaning "to have sex with" is from the 19th century, "to masturbate" is 1950's.
Pronunciation
rhymes|ɪd�l
Verb
en-verb|diddl|ing
- transitive to cheat; to swindle
- transitive to have sex with
- transitive to masturbate (especially of women)
Translations
German: beschummeln (1)
hu:diddle
te:diddle
vi:diddle
zh:diddle
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