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diddledverbpast tense of diddle to move or act slowlyeven though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local polticians wasted precious time diddling crawled, crept, dallied, dawdled, delayed, dillydallied, dragged, lagged, lingered, loitered, lollygagged(also lallygagged), moped, poked, shilly-shallied, tarried fiddled (around), fooled around, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifledhung (around or out)(also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, loungedambled, eased, inched, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, staggered, strolleddecelerated, slowed (down or up)filibustered, procrastinated, stalled, temporized dragged one's feet(also dragged one's heels), dropped behind, fell behind, hung fire, marked time, took one's time barreled(or barrelled), bolted, careered, coursed, dashed, flew, hastened, hotfooted (it), hurried, raced, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), ripped, rocketed, rushed, scooted, scudded, scurried, sped(or speeded), tore, whirled, whisked, whizzed, zipped bowled, breezed, darted, humped, hurtled, hustled, scrambled, stampededgalloped, jogged, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), sprinted, trottedaccelerated, quickened, sped (up)(or speeded (up))caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outran, outstripped, overtook to rob by the use of trickery or threatsan unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop beat, bilked, bled, cheated, chiseled(or chiselled), choused, conned, cozened, defrauded, did, did in, euchred, fiddled, fleeced, flimflammed, gaffed, gypped, hosed(slang), hustled, mulcted, nobbled(British slang), plucked, reamed, ripped off, rooked, screwed, shook down, shortchanged, shorted, skinned, skunked, squeezed, stiffed, stuck, stung, suckered, swindled, thimblerigged, victimized extorted, wrenched, wrested, wrungclipped, gouged, nicked, overcharged, soakedexploited, milkeddeceived, duped, fooled, gulled, trickedroped (in)betrayed, bitched, double-crossedbamboozled, fast-talked sold a bill of goods to, took for a ride, took to the cleaners |