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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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hiddle
English
Alternative forms
- hidel, hidle
- hiddil, heddle, hydle
- hidels, hydles
Etymology
From Middle English hidel, hydel, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of Middle English hidils, hudels (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English h?dels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide +? -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?d?l/
Noun
hiddle (plural hiddles)
- (now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A cluster, small group of buildings, etc. set close together; a huddle.
Derived terms
- but hidel
- hidel-like
- in hidel
Related terms
- hide
- hideling
Verb
hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddling, simple past and past participle hiddled)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To hide; conceal.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To nestle closely; take shelter.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To shelter (in one's arms).
Scots
Alternative forms
- hiddil, hidle, heddle
Etymology
From Early Scots hidlis (“hiding places”), from hiddil (“concealment”), from Middle English hidels.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??d?l/
Noun
hiddle (plural hiddles)
- A hiding place or shelter.
Adverb
hiddle (comparative mair hiddle, superlative maist hiddle)
- In a mysterious fashion.
Verb
hiddle (third-person singular present hiddles, present participle hiddlin, past hiddlet, past participle hiddlet)
- To hide or conceal.
- To take shelter or nestle closely.
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