Meaning & use
Diddling
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Cheating or swindling someone out of money or property, or wasting time in an aimless way.
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He was accused of diddling investors out of thousands of dollars.
Stop diddling around and finish the report.
A note on using this word
An informal word; its "waste time" sense is common in phrases like "diddling around," distinct from the older sense of petty fraud.
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2. verb
Wasting time by fidgeting or engaging in trivial activity.
The kids were just diddling with their phones instead of doing homework.
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