piddle
: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
» What are you piddle-farting around for? I could do that in 10 minutes.
Значение
значений: 4(непереходный)(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
(Southern US, непереходный, часто)Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
(Австралия, Namibia, Южная Африка, Британия, эвфемизм, непереходный, возвратное, сленг)To urinate.
(непереходный, устаревшее)Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- eliminate urine
Примеры
предложений: 2What are you piddle-farting around for? I could do that in 10 minutes.
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
Происхождение
Unknown. Compare regional German piddlen, pitteln, pütteln, pühteln (“to pick at somethingUnknown. Compare regional German piddlen, pitteln, pütteln, pühteln (“to pick at something, pick at one's food”), dialectal German Pitzel (“small effort, small task”). Alternatively, perhaps originally from paw or put + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss, though not directly related to it. The noun derives from the verb.
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Формы
piddles, piddling, piddled, piddledСинонимы
синонимов: 21- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently:wantonwanton awaypiddle awaytrifle
- eliminate urine:makeurinatepuddlemicturatepisspeepee-peemake water
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 9Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени