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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>diddle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dictionary-flame.html" title="dictionary flame"/><link rel="next" href="die.html" title="die"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">diddle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dictionary-flame.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="die.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="diddle"/><dt xmlns="" id="diddle"><b>diddle</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To work with or modify in
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a not-particularly-serious manner. “<span class="quote">I diddled a copy of
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<a href="../A/ADVENT.html"><i class="glossterm">ADVENT</i></a> so it didn't double-space all the
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time.</span>” “<span class="quote">Let's diddle this piece of code and see if the problem
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goes away.</span>” See <a href="../T/tweak.html"><i class="glossterm">tweak</i></a> and
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<a href="../T/twiddle.html"><i class="glossterm">twiddle</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The action or result of
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diddling.</p></dd><dd><p>See also <a href="../T/tweak.html"><i class="glossterm">tweak</i></a>,
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<a href="../T/twiddle.html"><i class="glossterm">twiddle</i></a>, <a href="../F/frob.html"><i class="glossterm">frob</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dictionary-flame.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="die.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dictionary flame </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> die</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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