piddle
Plural: piddles
Noun
- liquid excretory product
- Piss: urine.
- A piss: an act of urination.
- Nonsense or a trivial matter.
Verb
Verb Forms: piddled, piddling, piddles
- To waste time on trivial matters; to dawdle.
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- eliminate urine
- Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
- Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
- Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
- To urinate.
Examples
- He would PIDDLE away his turn, unable to find a high-scoring word.
Origin / Etymology
Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.
Synonyms
make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle away, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, trifle, urinate, urine, wanton, wanton away, water, wee, wee-wee, weewee, nibble, peck, urination, widdle
Scrabble Score: 10
piddle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpiddle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
piddle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary