Новый большой англо-русский словарь - diddle
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diddle
1. надуть, облапошить to diddle smb. out of his money —- обобрать кого-л. как липку 2. погубить, разорить дотла 3. укокошить 4. тратить без толку, зря to diddle away one's time —- терять время попусту, транжирить время
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1.
v. 1) coll. обманывать, надувать to diddle smb. out of his money - выманить у кого-л. деньги 2) тратить время зря ...Англо-русский словарь
2.
v. colloq. 1 tr. cheat, swindle. 2 intr. US waste time. Derivatives diddler n. Etymology: prob. back-form. f. Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's 'Raising the Wind' (1803) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
verb (~d; diddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1786 transitive verb 1. chiefly dialect to move with short rapid motions 2. to waste (as time) in trifling 3. hoax, swindle 4. often vulgar to copulate with intransitive verb 1. dawdle, fool 2. fiddle, toy — usually used with with ~d with the machine until it broke • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(diddles, diddling, diddled) 1. If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim. = con VERB: V n 2. If someone diddles, they waste time and do not achieve anything. (AM INFORMAL) ...if Congress were to just diddle around and not take any action at all. VERB: oft V adv, V around ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v diddle sb (out of sth) informal to get money from someone by deceiving them (They'll diddle you out of your last penny if you give them the chance.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1806, "to cheat, swindle," from dial. duddle, diddle "to totter." Meaning "to have sex with" is from 1879; that of "to masturbate" (especially of women) is from 1950s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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