piddle

(pĭd'l)

v., -dled, -dling, -dles.

v.tr.
To use triflingly; squander: piddle away one's time.

v.intr.

1. To spend time aimlessly; diddle.
2. Informal. To urinate.

[Origin unknown.]

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1. piddle
   verb intr.
   
   1: To urinate. (1784 —) .
   R. Adams I have no idea what portents he employs— possibly the bear piddles on the floor and he observes portents in the steaming what-not (1974). noun
   
   2: Urine; an act of urinating. (1870 —) .
   
   [Perh. from piss verb + puddle verb (cf. widdle verb and noun); prob. not the same word as earlier piddle² verb.]
2. piddle
   verb
   
   to piddle about (or around) To fool or mess about; to potter. (1545 —) .
   Sounds He returned to New York and 'piddled around' doing Public Relations (1977).
   
   [Origin uncertain: perh. an alteration of peddle to sell small wares, busy oneself with trifling matters, by association with Low German piddeln; in modern use identified with piddle¹ (cf. piss about), which may not historically be the same word.]

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For a list of words related to piddle, see:

• Mood and Intent - piddle: dawdle
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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See words rhyming with "piddle."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - stikke til maden, spise uden appetit
v. intr. - drysse, nusse
n. - tissetår, tis, urinering

Nederlands (Dutch)
plassen, beuzelen, plas

Français (French)
v. tr. - aller faire pipi, aller pisser (fam)
v. intr. - faire pipi
n. - pipi

idioms:

• piddle about    gaspiller (temps, vie)
• piddle around    gaspiller (temps, vie)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pipi
v. - pinkeln, trödeln

idioms:

• piddle about    Zeit verlieren, (ugs.) pinkeln
• piddle around    Zeit verlieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τσίσα, πιπί
v. - χαζολογώ

Italiano (Italian)
pipi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vadio (m), malandro (m)
v. - vadiar, urinar (infantil)

Русский (Russian)
мочеиспускание

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acción de orinar, picar, pellizcar, orinar
v. intr. - acción de orinar, picar, pellizcar, orinar
n. - orina, pellizco

idioms:

• piddle about    perder el tiempo, ocuparse de trivialidades
• piddle around    perder o derrochar el tiempo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pink, nedrans!
v. - spilla tid, pillra, tjafsa, pinka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浪费, 撒尿, 游荡, 鬼混, 无价值的东西, 尿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 浪費
v. intr. - 撒尿, 遊蕩, 鬼混
n. - 無價值的東西, 尿, 撒尿

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 시간을 낭비하다
v. intr. - 불성실하게 일하다, 오줌 누다
n. - 불성실

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - だらだら時を過ごす, おしっこをする, だらだらと過ごす
n. - おしっこ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بول, ولدنه (فعل) يهتم بالسفاسف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עשה פיפי, השתין‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד באורח חסר-ערך‬
n. - ‮פיפי, שתן, השתנה‬

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