fuddle-duddle
fuddle-duddle · fuddle-duddles · fuddle-duddled · fuddle-duddling
To depart, to be offTo depart, to be off.
Meaning
1 sensesTo depart, to be off.
Origin
From fuddle, after fuddy-duddy, but development of meaning unclear. Perhaps from the interFrom fuddle, after fuddy-duddy, but development of meaning unclear. Perhaps from the interjection coined by Pierre Trudeau (see next etymology).
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Forms
fuddle-duddles, fuddle-duddling, fuddle-duddled, fuddle-duddled| Base form | fuddle-duddle · to fuddle-duddle |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | fuddle-duddles |
| Present participle | fuddle-duddling |
| Past simple | fuddle-duddled |
| Past participle | fuddle-duddled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle