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piddle
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): piddel, pidle
Etymology
Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le (“forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement”). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?dl/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?d?l/, /?p?dl/
- Rhymes: -?dl, -?d?l
Noun
piddle (plural piddles)
- (Britain, Australia, euphemistic slang) Piss: urine.
- 1870, Cythera's Hymnal, p. 77:
- The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.
- 1870, Cythera's Hymnal, p. 77:
- (Britain, Australia, euphemistic slang) A piss: an act of urination.
- 1937, Eric Honeywood Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, p. 625:
- Piddle, urine; occ. the act of making water.
- 1937, Eric Honeywood Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, p. 625:
- (Britain, figuratively) Nonsense or a trivial matter.
- 1910 March 2, Rupert Brooke, letter:
- It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle.
- 1910 March 2, Rupert Brooke, letter:
Synonyms
- (urine): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urine
- (urination): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urination
Verb
piddle (third-person singular simple present piddles, present participle piddling, simple past and past participle piddled)
- (intransitive) Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
- 1598, Richard Barckley, A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man..., p. 217:
- As [Mahomet] was preaching... there commeth a doue flying towards him, & alighteth vpon his shoulder, and pidleth in his eare, looking for meate, hauing vsed her before to feede in his eare for the same purpose.
- 1598, Richard Barckley, A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man..., p. 217:
- (intransitive, now South US, often with 'with') Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
- a. 1620, Jeremiah Dyke, Diuers Select Sermons on Seuerall Texts..., p. 292:
- Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle.
- 2000 May 9, Myrtle Beach Sun-News, Sect. A, p. 1:
- As about seven seniors quietly eat meat patties, mashed potatoes and canned peaches, Newberry piddles with the food.
- a. 1620, Jeremiah Dyke, Diuers Select Sermons on Seuerall Texts..., p. 292:
- (Britain, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, euphemistic slang, intransitive or reflexive) To urinate.
- 1784, cited in Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. VI, p. 128:
- Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself.
- 1784, cited in Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. VI, p. 128:
Synonyms
- (urinate): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urinate
Derived terms
- piddling, piddly, piddle away
Related terms
- pightle
- widdle
References
- “piddle, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006
- “piddle, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006
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tiddlywinks
English
Alternative forms
The original spelling, starting in 1889, is "Tiddledy-Winks", which was the original trademarked name for the game in the UK and also used in the USA. "Tiddlywinks" is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling is 1894. The spelling "Tidley Winks" was common in England in the 1930s to late 1940s. Many other spellings are also encountered.
- Tiddledy-Winks
- Tidley Winks
- Tiddley Winks
- tiddleywinks
Etymology
Possibly tiddly +? wink
Pronunciation
Noun
tiddlywinks (uncountable)
- (games) A game in which the objective is to shoot winks into a cup or at a target by flicking them with a shooter (nowadays called a squidger) from a surface.
- A competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tiddlywinks.
Translations
Noun
tiddlywinks
- plural of tiddlywink
See also
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