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piddle

UK /ˈpɪd.l̩/US /ˈpɪdəl/

noun 3
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

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(UK, slang) Piss: urine.
- The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling. — 1870
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(UK, slang) A piss: an act of urination.
- On the way out to the gardens, he had to stop for a piddle but was so weak he couldn't maintain his balance while lifting his rear leg. — 2013
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(informal, figurative) Nonsense or a trivial matter.
- It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle. — 1910

verb4

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[with oneself] (UK, slang) To urinate.
- Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself. — 1784
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(informal) (Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
- […] neuer ceasinge piddeling about theyr bowe and shaftes, when they be well, […] — 1544
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(Southern-US) Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
- Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle. — 1620
(no longer used) Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.

forms

piddled · piddling · piddles

Phrases with piddle

piddle away
To piss away: to waste or squander time, money, etc.

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