padiddleint.n.

Brit.

/pəˈdɪdl/, U.S.

/pəˈdɪd(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s– bediddle, 1900s– padiddle, 1900s– pediddle, 1900s– perdiddle, 1900s– perdiddo, 1900s– pididdle. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also records forms padoodle, padungle, in the same sense. By some the game is extended to cover cars with only one working rear light, on sight of which the word pedunk is shouted.

U.S. colloquial.

A. int.

An exclamation shouted in a game by the first of a group of people who spots a motor vehicle with only one working headlight, this person being entitled variously to kiss or hit the others.

ΚΠ

1948 B. Montana Archie (comic strip) in Nevada State Jrnl. 23 May (Comics section) 7 Let's play ‘padiddle’... When a car goes by with one headlight if I say padiddle you have to give me a kiss!

1959 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 79/1 If a fellow sees a car coming with only one light and says ‘padiddle’, he may kiss his girl. If she sees it first and says ‘padiddle’, she may slap the boy.

1991 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 21 Apr. w8 Years ago in some parts of the country when you were out just driving around of an evening and you saw a car approaching with one of its headlights out, you were supposed to say ‘Padiddle’ and you got to kiss your date.

B. n.

The motor vehicle itself; (also) the game.

ΚΠ

1948 [see sense A.].

2003 K. W. Duisberg Good Patient 290 It's just one of those one-eyed cars. What was it she used to call them when we were little, my mother?.. Padiddle Pediddle. Are they good luck? Do you get a kiss or just a punch?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	padiddle
释义	padiddleint.n. Brit. /pəˈdɪdl/, U.S. /pəˈdɪd(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s– bediddle, 1900s– padiddle, 1900s– pediddle, 1900s– perdiddle, 1900s– perdiddo, 1900s– pididdle. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also records forms padoodle, padungle, in the same sense. By some the game is extended to cover cars with only one working rear light, on sight of which the word pedunk is shouted. U.S. colloquial. A. int. An exclamation shouted in a game by the first of a group of people who spots a motor vehicle with only one working headlight, this person being entitled variously to kiss or hit the others. ΚΠ 1948 B. Montana Archie (comic strip) in Nevada State Jrnl. 23 May (Comics section) 7 Let's play ‘padiddle’... When a car goes by with one headlight if I say padiddle you have to give me a kiss! 1959 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 79/1 If a fellow sees a car coming with only one light and says ‘padiddle’, he may kiss his girl. If she sees it first and says ‘padiddle’, she may slap the boy. 1991 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 21 Apr. w8 Years ago in some parts of the country when you were out just driving around of an evening and you saw a car approaching with one of its headlights out, you were supposed to say ‘Padiddle’ and you got to kiss your date. B. n. The motor vehicle itself; (also) the game. ΚΠ 1948 [see sense A.]. 2003 K. W. Duisberg Good Patient 290 It's just one of those one-eyed cars. What was it she used to call them when we were little, my mother?.. Padiddle Pediddle. Are they good luck? Do you get a kiss or just a punch? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1948
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