piddle away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms piddle away : present tense I/you/we/they piddle away he/she/it piddles away present participle piddling away past tense piddled away past participle piddled away very informal to waste time, energy, or money … English dictionary
piddle — UK [ˈpɪd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms piddle : present tense I/you/we/they piddle he/she/it piddles present participle piddling past tense piddled past participle piddled informal to urinate Phrasal verbs: piddle around piddle away … English dictionary
piddle — [pid′ l] vi., vt. piddled, piddling [prob. euphemistic dim. < base of PISS] 1. to urinate: child s term 2. to dawdle or trifle: sometimes with away [to piddle the time away] piddler n … English World dictionary
Piddle Brook — The Piddle Brook is a watercourse in Worcestershire; two villages, North Piddle and Wyre Piddle lie along its course before it joins the River Avon near Pershore. A small brewery about a mile away named itself after the nearby brook, with its… … Wikipedia
piddle — 1. noun a) An act of urination. He piddled away three hours at the bus station waiting for Gabe to show up. b) To waste time; often used as a euphemism for piss and followed by away. 2. verb To urinate … Wiktionary
piddle — v 1. dawdle, dally, dillydally, procrastinate, shilly shally, vacillate, Inf. diddle; take one s time or one s own sweet time, fill time, fritter time away or fritter away the hours; idle, trifle, finick, potter, fiddle. 2. waste time, loiter,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
piddle — piddler, n. /pid l/, v., piddled, piddling. v.i. 1. to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often fol. by around): He wasted the day piddling around. 2. Informal. (esp. of children and pets) to urinate. v.t. 3. to waste … Universalium
piddle — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle,… … Moby Thesaurus
wanton away — verb 1. waste time; spend one s time idly or inefficiently • Syn: ↑piddle, ↑wanton, ↑piddle away, ↑trifle • Derivationally related forms: ↑trifling (for: ↑trifle) … Useful english dictionary
while away the time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time,… … Moby Thesaurus
