FADDLE

Etymology

Verb

faddle (third-person singular simple present faddles, present participle faddling, simple past and past participle faddled)

To trifle; to toy.

(UK, dialect) To fondle; to dandle.

Synonyms

• (to trifle): fiddle

• (to fondle): dawt, grope, pettle, tiddle; see also fondle

Source: Wiktionary


Fad"dle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.]

Definition: To trifle; to toy.

– v. t.

Definition: To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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