diddle
In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand, similar to the drag,…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.
» Tom diddles kids.
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3 senses(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.
(childish, countable, slang)The penis.
(slang, uncountable)Gin (the drink).
Examples
2 sentencesTom diddles kids.
"Pride is a sin." "Priests diddle kids."
Origin
From dialectal duddle (“to trick”) (16th century), and diddle, duddle (“to totter”) (17thFrom dialectal duddle (“to trick”) (16th century), and diddle, duddle (“to totter”) (17th century), perhaps dissimilated from dialectal didder, dither (“to shake, tremble”), from Middle English dideren (“to shake, quiver, tremble”) and Middle English bididren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to trick, deceive”). Compare also Saterland Frisian diedelje (“to play or sing without a melody”), Dutch bedodden, bedotten (“to trick, fool, diddle”), German Low German Diedeldentjes (“pranks, pranking”). Possibly influenced or reinforced 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).
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Forms
plural: diddlesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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