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pid·dle
(pĭd′l) Informalintr.v. pid·dled, pid·dling, pid·dles
Phrasal Verbs: To urinate.
piddle around
To spend time aimlessly: piddled around the house for a few hours.
piddle away
To spend (time or money) frivolously or unproductively: piddled away his fortune on sports cars; piddled away the hours watching television.
[Origin unknown.]
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piddle
(ˈpɪdəl)vb
1. (intr) informal to urinate
2. (when: tr, often foll by away) to spend (one's time) aimlessly; fritter
[C16: origin unknown]
ˈpiddler n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pid•dle
(ˈpɪd l)v.i. -dled, -dling.
1. to waste time; dawdle.
2. Informal. to urinate.
[1535–45; orig. uncertain]
pid′dler, n.
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piddle
Past participle: piddled
Gerund: piddling
| Imperative |
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| piddle |
| piddle |
| Present |
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| I piddle |
| you piddle |
| he/she/it piddles |
| we piddle |
| you piddle |
| they piddle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I piddled |
| you piddled |
| he/she/it piddled |
| we piddled |
| you piddled |
| they piddled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am piddling |
| you are piddling |
| he/she/it is piddling |
| we are piddling |
| you are piddling |
| they are piddling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have piddled |
| you have piddled |
| he/she/it has piddled |
| we have piddled |
| you have piddled |
| they have piddled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was piddling |
| you were piddling |
| he/she/it was piddling |
| we were piddling |
| you were piddling |
| they were piddling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had piddled |
| you had piddled |
| he/she/it had piddled |
| we had piddled |
| you had piddled |
| they had piddled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will piddle |
| you will piddle |
| he/she/it will piddle |
| we will piddle |
| you will piddle |
| they will piddle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have piddled |
| you will have piddled |
| he/she/it will have piddled |
| we will have piddled |
| you will have piddled |
| they will have piddled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be piddling |
| you will be piddling |
| he/she/it will be piddling |
| we will be piddling |
| you will be piddling |
| they will be piddling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been piddling |
| you have been piddling |
| he/she/it has been piddling |
| we have been piddling |
| you have been piddling |
| they have been piddling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been piddling |
| you will have been piddling |
| he/she/it will have been piddling |
| we will have been piddling |
| you will have been piddling |
| they will have been piddling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been piddling |
| you had been piddling |
| he/she/it had been piddling |
| we had been piddling |
| you had been piddling |
| they had been piddling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would piddle |
| you would piddle |
| he/she/it would piddle |
| we would piddle |
| you would piddle |
| they would piddle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have piddled |
| you would have piddled |
| he/she/it would have piddled |
| we would have piddled |
| you would have piddled |
| they would have piddled |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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Noun 1. piddle - liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Verb 1. [画像:piddle - waste time]piddle - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
2. [画像:piddle - eliminate urine]piddle - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, puddle, make
urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"
wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
piddle
(inf)vi
to piddle around → herummachen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
piddle
vi (fam) orinarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.