Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to taunt, to tease.

1941		C.S. Johnson Growing Up in the Black Belt 297: ‘I’ve had white children meddle me. They call me ’little black nigger’ and ’chocolate drop’ and things like that’.
1974		H.L. Foster Playin’ the Dozens 183: The term ribbin’ [...] is used in Buffalo to describe the verbal game of taunting, denigrating, or making fun of someone [...] In Oklahoma it is called medlin’.

2. to be intimate, but not spec. on a sexual level.

1975

G. Underwood ‘Razorback Sl.’ in AS L:1/2 62: meddle vt [...] 3: Be intimate with (someone) but not necessarily through sexual intercourse (black use).