diddle
(slang, childish, countable) The penis.
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Born ~1803 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Is he going to diddle them afterwards?
Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Dum dum diddle, where's me bleeding fiddle 😂
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(slang, childish, countable) The penis.
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(music, countable) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle, and make himself ready to pee on the wire.
Diddle means: In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.
diddle means: In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'
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