dwindle

v : become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled

down" [syn: {dwindle away}, {dwindle down}]

diddle

1. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious

manner. "I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't

double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code

and see if the problem goes away."

See {tweak} and {twiddle}.

2. The action or result of diddling.

See also {tweak}, {twiddle}, {frob}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-01-31)