From en.wiktionary.org:
[Piddle]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en], although possibly originally [en] + [en]. In later use, a euphemistic
diminutive of [en]. The noun derives from the verb.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] Piss : urine .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1870 | title=Cythera's Hymnal | page=77
|passage=The spunk with his PIDDLE comes bubbling.}}
1. [en] A piss : an act of urination .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1937 | author=Eric Honeywood Partridge | title=A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English | page=625
|passage=_PIDDLE_, urine; occ. the act of making water.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] Nonsense or a trivial matter .
3. * 1910 March 2, Rupert Brooke, letter:
4. *: It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & PIDDLE .
**** Synonyms
- [urine] [en] , _see also_ Thesaurus:urine
- [urination] [en] , _see also_ Thesaurus:urination
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] _Often followed by_ [EN] _or_ [EN] : to act or work ineffectually and wastefully .
2. * [title=Toxophilus]
3. * [chapter=I Am Not a Target Market]
4. [en] [en] : to attack or eat with a beak .
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1598 | author=Richard Barckley | title=A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man... | page=217
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] [en] : to pick at or toy with one's food , to eat slowly or insubstantially .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=a. 1620 | author=Jeremiah Dyke | title=Diuers Select Sermons on Seuerall Texts... | page=292
|passage=Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but
PIDDLE and trifle.}}
1. * 2000 May 9, _Myrtle Beach Sun-News_ , Sect. A, p. 1:
2. *: As about seven seniors quietly eat meat patties, mashed potatoes and canned peaches, Newberry PIDDLES with the food.
3. [en] To urinate .
4. * 1784 , cited in _Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum_ , Vol. VI, p. 128:
5. *: Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I PIDDLE myself.
**** Synonyms
- [urinate] [en] , _see also_ Thesaurus:urinate
**** Derived terms
- [en] , [en] , [en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[to urinate]
- Czech: [cs]
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*** References
- [piddle]
- [piddle]
[en]