diddle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. deprive of by deceit
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
• Syn:
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble,
bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con
• Derivationally related forms:
con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization (for: victimize)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They diddle him of all his money
2. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
• Syn:
toy, fiddle, play
• See Also:
toy with (for: toy)
• Derivationally related forms:
fiddler (for: fiddle)
• Hypernyms:
manipulate
• Hyponyms:
put out, retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  toy, fiddle, play