tiddler

n : a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty);

"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids";

"`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [syn: {child},

{kid}, {youngster}, {minor}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small

fry}, {tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}]

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)