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Definition of "piddle" [pid•dle]

  • To use triflingly; squander: piddle away one's time. (verb-transitive)
  • To spend time aimlessly; diddle. (verb-intransitive)
  • Informal To urinate. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "piddle" in a sentence
  • "No, I had to remember them then I had to rewrite them and now it's past midnight and I can't sleep in because I have to have the dog at the vet in the morning because currently his piddle is the colour of rust and no, now that you mention it, the words I rewrote aren't precisely what I had before, although they're close, and I'm really really pissed about it because I'm terrified I've left out a really important bit but can't remember because the words were too new and hadn't sunk into my brain."
  • "Webster's definition of "piddle" is simply to dawdle, putter or urinate (but we won't go there)."
  • "First they are afraid of a terrorist who can't do any harm and then they are afraid this terrorist will let the cat out of the bag and tell the whole world what cheney authorized and the piddle widdle bush went along with ..."