diddle, v.
(diddled, diddles, diddling)
(diddled, diddles, diddling)
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
diddle fiddle play toy
sample sentences
"She played nervously with her wedding ring""Don't fiddle with the screws"
"He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
also see
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
deprive of by deceit
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bunco con defraud diddle goldbrick hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change swindle victimize
sample sentences
"He swindled me out of my inheritance""She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form