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piddle.

Piss: urine.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪd.l̩/UK/ˈpɪdəl/US/ˈpɪd.l̩/US
  1. Piss: urine.

    Australia · UK · euphemistic · slang
  2. A piss: an act of urination.

    Australia · UK · euphemistic · slang
  3. Nonsense or a trivial matter.

    UK · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈpɪd.l̩/UK/ˈpɪdəl/US/ˈpɪd.l̩/US
  1. (Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.

    intransitive
  2. Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.

    intransitive · obsolete
  3. Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.

    Southern-US · intransitive · often
  4. To urinate.

    Australia · Namibia · South-Africa · UK · euphemistic · intransitive · reflexive · slang
Where this word comes from

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.

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