- piddle around
- piddle aroundFig. to waste time doing little or nothing. •
Stop piddling around and get busy.
•I'm not piddling around. I am experimenting.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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piddle around — ˌpiddle a ˈround ˌpiddle a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around … Useful english dictionary
piddle around — phrasal verb piddle around or piddle about [intransitive] Word forms piddle around : present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around past tense piddled around past participle piddled around… … English dictionary
piddle around — in. to waste time; to work aimlessly or inefficiently. □ Stop piddling around! Get to work! □ Can’t you get serious and stop piddling? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Piddle around — do anything in a trifling or ineffective way; dawdle … Dictionary of Australian slang
piddle around — Australian Slang do anything in a trifling or ineffective way; dawdle … English dialects glossary
piddle around — v. work slowly and without focus … English slang
piddle about — ˌpiddle a ˈround ˌpiddle a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle … Useful english dictionary
piddle about — phrasal verb piddle around or piddle about [intransitive] Word forms piddle around : present tense I/you/we/they piddle around he/she/it piddles around present participle piddling around past tense piddled around past participle piddled around… … English dictionary
piddle — 1. in. to urinate. (Said of children and pets.) □ Mommy! Jimmy’s got to piddle! □ Please, Jimmy, don’t piddle on the floor. 2. n. urine. □ Where’s the dog? There’s piddle on the carpet. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
piddle — UK [ˈpɪd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms piddle : present tense I/you/we/they piddle he/she/it piddles present participle piddling past tense piddled past participle piddled informal to urinate Phrasal verbs: piddle around piddle away … English dictionary
piddle — verb (I) informal to urinate piddle around also piddle about phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to waste time doing unimportant things piddle noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
