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Diddle

🔄 Synonyms of "Diddle"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
playverb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
swindlenoun	(ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
toynoun	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
connoun	(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
nobblenoun	(UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
fiddlenoun	A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
mulctnoun	To impose such a fine or penalty.
bunconoun	(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
gypnoun	(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
defraudverb	(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
rooknoun	(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Diddle"

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Word	Definition
fiddlenoun	A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
connoun	(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
playverb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
toynoun	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
bunconoun	(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
gypnoun	(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
defraudverb	(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
swindlenoun	(ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
nobblenoun	(UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
mulctnoun	To impose such a fine or penalty.
rooknoun	(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
withnoun	(regional US, chiefly Midwest and West, informal) Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
downoun	To furnish with a dower; to endow.
unoriginalnoun	Lacking originality.
deenoun	A unisex given name, short for names beginning with D.
paradiddle diddlenoun	Alternative form of paradiddle-diddle. [(music) A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.]
paradiddle-diddlenoun	(music) A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.
diddly bownoun	Alternative spelling of diddley bow. [(music) A one-stringed instrument (monochord) that consists of a wire string attached to something solid like the side of a house, and played with a piece of metal or glass, originating in the African American traditional music of Mississippi in the United States.]
dragadiddlenoun	(music) In drumming, a paradiddle where the first note is a drag.
dragnoun	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.