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  • verb Present participle of diddle.

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Examples

  • And in the mouth of a man who heads an aggressive, swaggering, savagely punitive and pigheaded government department, the word "diddling" is depressing beyond measure.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Vicki Woods 2012

  • Now, still to come in this half-hour, we ` re going to go in-depth -- serious investigative journalism here -- talking about Diddy and all the name diddling and doodling.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2005 2005

  • Suggestion: From the most heinous, select just one for which there is ready proof — one not susceptible of the kind of diddling that has been so prevalent in Washington these past several years.

    Unimpeachably Impeachable 2007

  • The revolt's basic premise, this source said, was that NASA was not ready to fly since "none of the hard recommendations have been met and NASA is 'diddling' with the numbers to make it appear they are working."

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: April 2005 Archives 2005

  • The revolt's basic premise, this source said, was that NASA was not ready to fly since "none of the hard recommendations have been met and NASA is 'diddling' with the numbers to make it appear they are working."

    NASA Watch: Shuttle News: April 2005 Archives 2005

  • Weigel was hired by the Post three months ago and continued his previous anti-conservative efforts with an attack on those "anti-gay marriage bigots" and making a joke about Matt Drudge "diddling" an 8-year-old boy.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2010

  • 'diddling' extending from bottom to top in the organization.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • 'diddling' extending from bottom to top in the organization.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • 'diddling' extending from bottom to top in the organization.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • 'diddling' extending from bottom to top in the organization.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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