different between widdle vs hiddle

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

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)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
2. (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)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To hide; conceal.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To nestle closely; take shelter.
3. (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)

1. A hiding place or shelter.

Adverb

hiddle (comparative mair hiddle, superlative maist hiddle)

1. In a mysterious fashion.

Verb

hiddle (third-person singular present hiddles, present participle hiddlin, past hiddlet, past participle hiddlet)

1. To hide or conceal.
2. To take shelter or nestle closely.