piddle

piddle
v
1. dawdle, dally, dillydally, procrastinate, shilly-shally, vacillate, Inf. diddle; take one's time or one's own sweet time, fill time, fritter time away or fritter away the hours; idle, trifle, finick, potter, fiddle.
2. waste time, loiter, poke, loll, hang around, mill around; slouch, loaf, daydream, Inf. lallygag, lounge, vegetate; shirk, Sl. goof off, lie down on the job; fool around, mess around, Sl. screw around, do nothing, do little; lag behind, move at a snail's pace.

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  • Piddle — may refer to:* River Piddle, a river in Dorset * A slang term for urine and urination. * Piddle Brook, a watercourse in Worcestershireee also* Wyre Piddle …   Wikipedia

  • piddle — ► VERB informal 1) urinate. 2) (piddle about/around) spend time in trifling activities. 3) (piddling) pathetically trivial. ORIGIN probably from a blend of PISS(Cf. ↑pisser) and PUDDLE …   English terms dictionary

  • piddle — [pid′ l] vi., vt. piddled, piddling [prob. euphemistic dim. < base of PISS] 1. to urinate: child s term 2. to dawdle or trifle: sometimes with away [to piddle the time away] piddler n …   English World dictionary

  • Piddle — Pid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one s self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • piddle — (v.) 1540s, to peddle, to work in a trifling way, of uncertain origin, apparently a frequentative form. Meaning to pick at one s food is from 1610s; that of urinate is from 1796. Related: Piddled; piddling …   Etymology dictionary

  • piddle — 1. in. to urinate. (Said of children and pets.) □ Mommy! Jimmy’s got to piddle! □ Please, Jimmy, don’t piddle on the floor. 2. n. urine. □ Where’s the dog? There’s piddle on the carpet. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • piddle — UK [ˈpɪd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms piddle : present tense I/you/we/they piddle he/she/it piddles present participle piddling past tense piddled past participle piddled informal to urinate Phrasal verbs: piddle around piddle away …   English dictionary

  • piddle — pid|dle [ pıdl ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to URINATE ,piddle a round or ,piddle a bout BRITISH phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL to spend time doing things that are not important: MESS AROUND ,piddle a way phrasal verb transitive VERY INFORMAL …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • piddle — verb (I) informal to urinate piddle around also piddle about phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to waste time doing unimportant things piddle noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Piddle — Recorded in many spellings including Pattle, Pedle, Peddle, Peedel, Petel, Piddle, Pittle, Pottell, Pottle, Puddle, and possibly others, this is an ancient English surname. However spelt they are all derivatives of the pre 7th century Old English …   Surnames reference

  • piddle — pid|dle [ˈpıdl] v [i]informal to ↑urinate piddle around phr v to waste time doing things that are not important …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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