whiddle

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verb

To inform on someone.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verbwhiddle (third-person singular simple present whiddles, present participle whiddling, simple past and past participle whiddled)

present singular third person whiddles · participle present whiddling · participle past whiddled · past whiddled

  1. slangTo inform on someone.

    He said he only wanted one thing — if I'd chuck Gursey out again, in case he went whiddling to the colonel.

    2003, Brian Penton, The Inheritors, page 475
  2. obsoletethieves' cantTo shine.

    Old Noll is whiddling bright, / The dull world is asleep, / 'Tis a high spiced Toby night, / Let's in our saddles leap; […]

    1845, Lincoln Fortescue, The Life and Adventures of Jack Sheppard, page 429
    1 more example

    OLIVER WHIDDLES: The moon shines. According to his physical description in the Black Books, Oliver whiddled on Hugh Smith's left arm.

    2019, Simon Barnard, James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whiddle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whiddle.

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