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piddle

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pid·dle

   [pid-l] verb,-dled, -dling.
–verb (used without object)
1.
to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often fol. by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
2.
Informal. (esp. of children and pets) to urinate.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to waste (time, money, etc.); fail to utilize (usually fol. by away).
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Origin:
1535–45; orig. uncert.

—Related forms
piddler, noun
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piddle (ˈpɪdəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (when tr, often foll by away)
1.  informal (intr) to urinate
2.  to spend (one's time) aimlessly; fritter
 
[C16: origin unknown]
 
'piddler
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

piddle
1545, "to peddle, to work in a trifling way," of uncertain origin, apparently a frequentative form. Meaning "to pick at one's food" is from 1620; that of "urinate" is from 1796. Piddling (adj.) "insignificant, trifling" is from 1559.
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Slang Dictionary

piddle definition


  1. in.
    to urinate. (Said of children and pets.) : Please, Jimmy, don't piddle on the floor.
  2. n.
    urine. : Don't step in the puppy's piddle.

  3. Go to piddle (around). :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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piddle (around) definition


  1. in.
    to waste time; to work aimlessly or inefficiently. : Can't you get serious and stop piddling?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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