different between tiddle vs widdle

English

Etymology

From a variant of tidder. See tid.

Verb

tiddle (third-person singular simple present tiddles, present participle tiddling, simple past and past participle tiddled)

1. (transitive, obsolete or Britain dialect) To treat with tenderness; to fondle.
2. (intransitive, obsolete or Britain dialect) To potter about; to do something idly.

Synonyms

• (to fondle): dawt, faddle, grope, pettle; see also Thesaurus:fondle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?d?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

widdle (countable and uncountable, plural widdles)

1. (childish, chiefly Britain) Urine.
2. (childish, chiefly Britain) An act of urination.

Synonyms

• (urine): piddle, see also Thesaurus:urine
• (urination): piddle, see also Thesaurus:urination

Verb

widdle (third-person singular simple present widdles, present participle widdling, simple past and past participle widdled)

1. (childish, chiefly Britain) To urinate.
2. (colloquial) To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly.

Synonyms

• piddle, see also Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• widdler
• widdly

Translations

Adjective

widdle (comparative widdler, superlative widdlest)

1. (childish, chiefly US) Little.

Synonyms

• ickle (UK)

See also

• whittle similar sounding term, but not quite homophonic in most varieties of English

Anagrams

• wilded