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English Dictionary: piddle |
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2 results for piddle |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- piddle
- n
- liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine";
"the child had to make water"
Synonym(s): urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water
- v
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn:
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
- 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
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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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