piddle
Americanverb (used without object)
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to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed byaround ).
He wasted the day piddling around.
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Informal. (especially of children and pets) to urinate.
verb (used with object)
verb
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informal (intr) to urinate
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to spend (one's time) aimlessly; fritter
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of piddle
First recorded in 1535–45; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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"The boys made up the rhyme, 'Hiddle Piddle did a widdle in the middle of the night.'"
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2021
Next week’s results: Little Piddle Riddle or Wise Guys’ Replies Arise, our contest to supply a riddle whose answer is a rhyming phrase.
From Washington Post
Piddle, pid′l, v.i. to deal in trifles: to trifle: to eat with little relish: to make water.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The valley of the Piddle Brook is about a mile wide, with hills rising on each side till they reach a height of a couple of hundred feet above the brook.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Dip.; and hence the name Piddle, of several small streams.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
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