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pid·dling

   [pid-ling]
adjective
amounting to very little; trifling; negligible: a piddling sum of money.
Origin:
1550–60; piddle + -ing2

Synonyms
trivial, insignificant, paltry, picayune.

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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 followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
2.
Informal. (especially of children and pets) to urinate.
verb (used with object)
3.
to waste (time, money, etc.); fail to utilize (usually followed by away).
Origin:
1535–45; origin uncertain

Related forms
pid·dler, noun
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piddling (ˈpɪdlɪŋ)
 
—adj
informal petty; trifling; trivial
 
'piddlingly
 
—adv

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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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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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piddling definition


  1. mod.
    inadequate; meager; tiny. (See also piss-poor; piddle.) : That is a piddling steak. I want a big one.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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