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English Dictionary: piddle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piddle
n
  1. liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
    Synonym(s): urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water
v
  1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
  2. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
    Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. --Swift.
  
      3. To urinate; -- child's word.
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