PIDDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piddle mean?
• PIDDLE (noun)
The noun PIDDLE has 1 sense:
1. liquid excretory product
Familiarity information: PIDDLE used as a noun is very rare.
• PIDDLE (verb)
The verb PIDDLE has 2 senses:
1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
2. eliminate urine
Familiarity information: PIDDLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIDDLE (noun)
Meaning:
Liquid excretory product
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pee; piddle; piss; urine; weewee; water
Context examples:
there was blood in his urine / the child had to make water
Hypernyms ("piddle" is a kind of...):
body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)
• PIDDLE (verb)
Meaning:
Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
piddle; piddle away; trifle; wanton; wanton away
Hypernyms (to "piddle" is one way to...):
pass; spend (pass (time) in a specific way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Eliminate urine
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; wee; wee-wee; piss; make water; pee-pee; pee; pass water; micturate; piddle; urinate; puddle; make
Context example:
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Hypernyms (to "piddle" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "piddle"):
wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)
stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
