piddle
verb (used without object)
to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed byaround ).
were piddling
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past progressiveof piddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Unionists muttered crossly that the cuts were "piddling," compared to G.M.'s recent boosts of $42 and $150 on its 1949 models.
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The 150 businessmen who visited it in a body last week were piddling small.
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