piddle
verb (used without object)
to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed byaround ).
are piddling
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present progressiveof piddle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Yet on a comparative basis, they are piddling.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
The truth, though, is that ratings for sports talk shows are piddling compared to the 9.7 million viewers that FS1 drew, for example, for its broadcast of the Chicago Cubs’ National League Championship Series–clinching win.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2017
Few discriminating collectors leave their best paintings to universities, and acquisition funds are piddling compared with those of any big-city museum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, this sun and these worlds are piddling trifles.
From Hunters Out of Space by Joseph Everidge Kelleam
But you have not finished? you are piddling away still!
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
