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piddle

/ˈpɪdl/

verb

Meaning

  • To eat with small, quick bites.

    "The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

  • To bite lightly.

    "He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver."

  • To consume gradually.

  • To find fault; to cavil.

Synonyms

piddle

verb

Meaning

  • To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

    "The birds pecked at their food."

  • To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

    "to peck a hole in a tree"

  • To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

  • To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

  • To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

    "He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."

  • To type by searching for each key individually.

  • To type in general.

  • To kiss briefly.

verb

Meaning

  • To throw.

  • To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

noun

Meaning

  • Piss: urine.

  • A piss: an act of urination.

  • Nonsense or a trivial matter.

Synonyms

widdle,
widdle

verb

Meaning

  • Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.

  • (Namibia) To urinate.

Synonyms

widdle