piddle
verb (used without object)
to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed byaround ).
is piddling
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present progressiveof piddle (3rd person singular).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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It’s exciting as spectacle, but on the substance every element of the preceding sentence is piddling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
For a moment, we can forget that life itself is often third and long … that the mortgage is due, that the college fund is piddling, or that the dog has run off with the cat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2016
Compared with the tab for the Liz Taylor movie--$240 million in today's dollars--the $30 million-plus cost of this mini-series is piddling.
From Time Magazine Archive
