piddle

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Pets may be intoxicatingly cute to students who miss cats and dogs from home or want a new furry and loyal roommate, but his first piddle-puddle accident on the carpet could end up costing owners up to $800.

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  1. transitive verb To use triflingly; squander: piddle away one's time.
  2. intransitive verb To spend time aimlessly; diddle.
  3. intransitive verb Informal To urinate.

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  • This way, for example, teams can piddle around the 1200 rating and still gain points without the added cost and hassle of reforming a team just to get back to 1500. —  WoW.com
  • Pets may be intoxicatingly cute to students who miss cats and dogs from home or want a new furry and loyal roommate, but his first piddle-puddle accident on the carpet could end up costing owners up to $800. —  Arbiter Online
  • Given that Tedisc managed to piddle away a huge lead and any real chance he ever had, just like Coleman, all through negative ads and inept campaigning, I guess this really IS a "Minnesota outcome". —  AroundTheCapitol.com
  • As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided, the effect will piddle away, for the crowd can neither digest nor retain the material offered. —  No Man's Blog
  • The dynamic duo will play -- prepare to laugh 'till you piddle -- former high school classmates of Liz Lemon's in a flashback sequence that reveals a shocking and deeply ironic truth about Tina Fey's morally superior alter ego: —  EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. A variant of pittle, the variation being due perhaps to association with peddle. Cf. peddling, variant of piddling.
 

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/ˈpɪdl/
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