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1. Deprive of by deceit
   "He diddled me out of my inheritance";
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer], ream [N. Amer], bunko
    
2. Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
   "Don't diddle with the screws";
   - toy, fiddle, play
    
3. [N. Amer, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
   - sleep together, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, make whoopee, nail [N. Amer]
    
4. (slang) spend time ineffectually; procrastinate
   "Both spent years diddling doing other projects";
   - fanny around [Brit], fanny about [Brit]

Derived forms: diddling, diddled, diddles

Type of: cheat, chisel, copulate, couple, manipulate, mate, pair, rip off

Encyclopedia: Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John