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pid·dle

(pĭd′l) Informal

intr.v. pid·dled, pid·dling, pid·dles

To urinate.

Phrasal Verbs:

piddle around

To spend time aimlessly: piddled around the house for a few hours.

piddle away

To spend (time or money) frivolously or unproductively: piddled away his fortune on sports cars; piddled away the hours watching television.

[Origin unknown.]

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piddle

(ˈpɪdəl)

1. (intr) informal to urinate

2. (when: tr, often foll by away) to spend (one's time) aimlessly; fritter

[C16: origin unknown]

ˈpiddler n

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pid•dle

(ˈpɪd l)

v.i. -dled, -dling.

1. to waste time; dawdle.

2. Informal. to urinate.

[1535–45; orig. uncertain]

pid′dler, n.

piddle

Past participle: piddled
Gerund: piddling

Imperative
piddle
piddle

Present
I piddle
you piddle
he/she/it piddles
we piddle
you piddle
they piddle

Preterite
I piddled
you piddled
he/she/it piddled
we piddled
you piddled
they piddled

Present Continuous
I am piddling
you are piddling
he/she/it is piddling
we are piddling
you are piddling
they are piddling

Present Perfect
I have piddled
you have piddled
he/she/it has piddled
we have piddled
you have piddled
they have piddled

Past Continuous
I was piddling
you were piddling
he/she/it was piddling
we were piddling
you were piddling
they were piddling

Past Perfect
I had piddled
you had piddled
he/she/it had piddled
we had piddled
you had piddled
they had piddled

Future
I will piddle
you will piddle
he/she/it will piddle
we will piddle
you will piddle
they will piddle

Future Perfect
I will have piddled
you will have piddled
he/she/it will have piddled
we will have piddled
you will have piddled
they will have piddled

Future Continuous
I will be piddling
you will be piddling
he/she/it will be piddling
we will be piddling
you will be piddling
they will be piddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been piddling
you have been piddling
he/she/it has been piddling
we have been piddling
you have been piddling
they have been piddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been piddling
you will have been piddling
he/she/it will have been piddling
we will have been piddling
you will have been piddling
they will have been piddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been piddling
you had been piddling
he/she/it had been piddling
we had been piddling
you had been piddling
they had been piddling

Conditional
I would piddle
you would piddle
he/she/it would piddle
we would piddle
you would piddle
they would piddle

Past Conditional
I would have piddled
you would have piddled
he/she/it would have piddled
we would have piddled
you would have piddled
they would have piddled

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Noun	1.	piddle - liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" pee, urine, weewee, water body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Verb	1.	piddle - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	2.	piddle - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, puddle, make urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" stale - urinate, of cattle and horses egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"

Translations

fare pip fare pipì insignificante

piddle

[ˈpɪdl]

A. N to have a piddle → hacer pipí or pis

B. VI → hacer pipí, hacer pis

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piddle

(inf)

n → Pipi nt (inf); to do a piddle → pinkeln (inf)

(person, animal) → pinkeln (inf); (esp child) → Pipi machen (inf)

to piddle around → herummachen

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piddle

[ˈpɪdl] (Brit)

1. vi (fam) → fare pipì

2. n to have a piddle → fare pipì

piddle

vi (fam) orinar

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