- piddle about
- Verb. To mess around, waste time.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
piddle about
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piddle about — phrasal verb piddle around or piddle about [intransitive] Word forms piddle around : present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around past tense piddled around past participle piddled around… … English dictionary
piddle about — ˌpiddle a ˈround ˌpiddle a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle … Useful english dictionary
piddle about/around — spend time in trifling activities. → piddle … English new terms dictionary
piddle — ► VERB informal 1) urinate. 2) (piddle about/around) spend time in trifling activities. 3) (piddling) pathetically trivial. ORIGIN probably from a blend of PISS(Cf. ↑pisser) and PUDDLE … English terms dictionary
piddle around — phrasal verb piddle around or piddle about [intransitive] Word forms piddle around : present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around past tense piddled around past participle piddled around… … English dictionary
piddle — verb (I) informal to urinate piddle around also piddle about phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to waste time doing unimportant things piddle noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
piddle — informal verb 1》 urinate. 2》 (piddle about/around) spend time in trifling activities. 3》 [as adjective piddling] pathetically trivial; trifling. noun an act of urinating. ↘urine. Derivatives piddler noun Origin C16: prob. from a blend of piss … English new terms dictionary
piddle around — ˌpiddle a ˈround ˌpiddle a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around … Useful english dictionary
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Piddle Brook — The Piddle Brook is a watercourse in Worcestershire; two villages, North Piddle and Wyre Piddle lie along its course before it joins the River Avon near Pershore. A small brewery about a mile away named itself after the nearby brook, with its… … Wikipedia
