piddle
verb (used without object)
to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed byaround ).
piddles
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present tense formof piddle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And who’s the lucky staffer who gets to clean up Tiaa’s piddles?
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
U.S. hockey piddles along, never approaching the prominence of Canada or Russia, Sweden or even the Czech Republic.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2014
The U. S. piddles along with a couple of thousand ounces.
From Time Magazine Archive
He works a one-horse farm for Mr. Cathcart and piddles a little at the planing mills at Adgers.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
I quits in 1925 and comes to Fort Worth and piddles at odd jobs till my rheumatis' git so bad five years ago.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
