diddle

plural diddles

1. countableentertainmentIn 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.
2. childishcountableslangThe penis.

   Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle, and make himself ready to pee on the wire.

   2011, L. R. Baker, Wingnut: Operation Payback, page 104

3. slanguncountableGin (the drink).

   […] a long, wooden porch good for listening to coyotes and owls, with a glass of diddle at hand.

   2008, William Least Heat-Moon, Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey

present singular third person diddles · participle present diddling · participle past diddled · past diddled

1. slangtransitiveTo cheat; to swindle.

   'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'

   1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda

   Synonyms: defraud, go to bed with

2. slangtransitiveTo molest.
3. slangtransitiveTo masturbate.

   Synonyms: beat off

4. transitiveTo waste time or some other resource.

   Synonyms: dick around

5. intransitiveTo totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.

   And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!

   1632, Frances Quarles, Divine Fancies

6. slangtransitivecomputingTo manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).

1. A meaningless word used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   What's that tune that goes "diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum-dum"?

1. A surname.