piddle – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to piddle
Participle: piddled
Gerund: piddling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	piddle
we	Let's piddle
you	piddle

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to waste time

dally, diddle, loiter

urinate

urinate, tinkle, water

to pass urine from the body

break the seal, do a number one, do business, do it, do number one, go number one, have a leak, have a pee, have a slash, have a wee, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, piss, splash one's boots, take a leak, take a pee, take a piss, take a wee, take a whiz, take a wicked yes, take care of business, urinate, tinkle, wee, wee-wee, wet one's boots, whiz, widdle, wring out one's sock

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1545, "to peddle, to work in a trifling way," of uncertain origin, apparently a frequentative form. Meaning "to pick at one's food" is from 1620; that of "urinate" is from 1796. Piddling (adj.) "insignificant, trifling" is from 1559.
2. Unknown. Compare regional German piddlen, pitteln, pütteln, pühteln (“to pick at something, pick at one's food”), dialectal German Pitzel (“small effort, small task”). Alternatively, perhaps originally from paw or put + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss, though not directly related to it. The noun derives from the verb. See: German, old spelling 'piddlen'.

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