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diddlediddle /ˈdɪdl/ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.] ETYMOLOGYdiddleOrigin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from Diddler, name of a character in a 19th-century English play VERB TABLEdiddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | diddle | | he, she, it | diddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | diddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have diddled | | he, she, it | has diddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had diddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will diddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have diddled |
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Present | I | am diddling | | he, she, it | is diddling | | you, we, they | are diddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was diddling | | you, we, they | were diddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been diddling | | he, she, it | has been diddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been diddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be diddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been diddling |
informal to do something in a way that is not very serious: He was diddling around on the piano. |