What does "piddle" mean?
Piss: urine.
Piddle
/ˈpɪdəl/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Piss: urine.
- Grammar: piddle is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: pee, urinate, urine, bead.
- Useful contrasts: abundance, concentrate, expedite.
- Usage evidence: The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Piss: urine. Australia, British, euphemistic, slang
"The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling."
- 2 liquid excretory product wordnet
- 3 A piss: an act of urination. Australia, British, euphemistic, slang
"Piddle, urine; occ. the act of making water."
- 4 Nonsense or a trivial matter. British, figuratively
"It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle."
Verb
- 1 Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully. intransitive
"[…] neuer ceaſinge piddeling about theyr bowe and ſhaftes, when they be well, […]"
- 2 eliminate urine wordnet
- 3 Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak. intransitive, obsolete
"As [Mahomet] was preaching... there commeth a doue flying towards him, & alighteth vpon his shoulder, and pidleth in his eare, looking for meate, hauing vsed her before to feede in his eare for the same purpose."
- 4 waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently wordnet
- 5 Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially. Southern-US, intransitive, often
"Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle."
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- 6 To urinate. Australia, Namibia, South-Africa, UK, euphemistic, intransitive, reflexive, slang
"Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself."
Proper Noun
- 1 A small river in Dorset, England.
- 2 A brook in Worcestershire, England.
Synonyms
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Example
"The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "piddle"?
Common synonyms include: pee, urinate, urine, bead, beguile the time, burn daylight.
How do you use "piddle" in a sentence?
The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.
How do you pronounce "piddle"?
Pronounced /ˈpɪdəl/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
Unknown, but probably an Anglo-Saxon word for small watercourse, as several Piddles have been found in England. One source says it comes from Old English pidele (“marsh or fen”). The word predates the modern noun or verb piddle.