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.
Значення
значень: 4(неперехідне)(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
(Southern US, неперехідне, часто)Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
(Австралія, Namibia, Південна Африка, Британія, евфемізм, неперехідне, зворотне, сленг)To urinate.
(неперехідне, застаріле)Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- eliminate urine
Приклади
речень: 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?
Походження
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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Форми
piddles, piddling, piddled, piddledСиноніми
синонімів: 21- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently:wantonwanton awaypiddle awaytrifle
- eliminate urine:makeurinatepuddlemicturatepisspeepee-peemake water
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 9Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу