Main Entry: did·dle

Pronunciation: \ˈdi-d^əl\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): did·dled; did·dling \ˈdid-liŋ, -d^əl-iŋ\

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1786

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 withintransitive verb 1 : dawdle, fool
2 : fiddle, toy —usually used with with <diddled with the machine until it broke>

— did·dler \ˈdid-lər, -d^əl-ər\ noun