Sidle vs Diddle - What's the difference?
sidle | diddle |
To move sideways.
To advance in a furtive, coy or unobtrusive manner.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VIII
, passage=At an early point in these exchanges I had started to sidle' to the door, and I now ' sidled through it, rather like a diffident crab on some sandy beach trying to avoid the attentions of a child with a spade.}}
(music) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed
(slang, childish) The penis.
* 2011 , L. R. Baker, Wingnut: Operation Payback (page 104)
to cheat; to swindle
to have sex with
to masturbate (especially of women)
to waste time
To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
* Frances Quarles
As nouns the difference between sidle and diddle
is that sidle is a sideways movement while diddle is (music) in percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either rr or ll), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.As verbs the difference between sidle and diddle
is that sidle is to move sideways while diddle is to cheat; to swindle.sidle
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Verb
(sidl)Derived terms
* sidle upSee also
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* English intransitive verbsdiddle
English
Noun
(en noun)- Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle , and make himself ready to pee on the wire.
Verb
(en-verb)- And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!
