Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piddle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piddle \Pid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw.
peta to pick.]
1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial
matters rather than with those that are important.
--Ascham.
2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. --Swift.
3. To urinate; -- child's word.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piddle
n : liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine";
"the child had to make water" [syn: {urine}, {piss}, {pee},
{weewee}, {water}]
v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: {wanton},
{wanton away}, {piddle away}, {trifle}]
2: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {puddle}, {micturate}, {piss},
{pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
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