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单词 piddling
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piddlingn.

Brit. /ˈpɪdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈpɪdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see piddle v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piddle v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < piddle v. + -ing suffix1.
colloquial.
The action of engaging in a task ineffectually or wastefully; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 52v If hops looke browne, go gather them downe. But not in the deaw, nor piddling with feaw.
1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 37 The French Ambassadour makes a pidling still.
1700 E. Ward Frolick to Horn-Fair 10 When I by the Manly Industry of my Hands and Jaws, and my Mistress, by her Effeminate Piddling and Picking, had both satisfied our Appetites, with our..Dinner.
1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. xiv. 102 This dissipated pidling soon gave way to the serious business of the evening.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 285 No piddling..but that steady and persevering exercise of the jaws which is best learned by early morning hours.
1922 L. Strachey Corr. with V. Woolf (1956) 98 Have you looked at the piddlings? And don't you think them vile? The horrid atmosphere of ‘luxe’ over them.
1990 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 Jan. 77 The music was little more than another copy of the syrupy synth piddlings of Duran Duran.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

piddlingadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈpɪdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: piddle v. and -ing suffix2; also 1600s pidleing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piddle v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < piddle v. + -ing suffix2.
colloquial.
1. Insignificant, ineffectual.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. Q2v You haue the pidlyng Scottes, whiche are alwayes Frenche for their lyues.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 14 Pidlinge and driblinge Confuters, that sitt all day buzzing vpon a blunt point, or two.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 26 A wealthy man addicted to his pleasure and to his profits, finds Religion to be a traffick so entangl'd, and of so many piddling accounts, that of all mysteries he cannot skill to keep a stock going upon that trade.
1675 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 41 We have two or three small pidleing things printeing here.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 164 Yet ne'r one sprig of Laurel grac'd these ribalds, From slashing B—ley down to pidling T—ds.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 87 The man of business has not time for such piddling work.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. p. i For the piddling concern of a few shillings.
1866 A. L. Perry Elem. Polit. Econ. (1873) 524 The country is too large for the petty, piddling processes of ‘protection’.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind lv. 949 He's just a piddling, do-less, good-for-nothing.
1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Mag. section) 12/4 If the National Lottery can offer prizes of £18 million to £40 million..it is absurd that we're restricted to a piddling £250.
2. That urinates. Also in extended use.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [adjective] > urination
micturient1654
retromingent1692
mingent1705
urinablec1900
widdling1963
piddling1968
1968 Listener 2 May 579/3 Some may be inclined to poke fun by retitling Miss Meacock's book Piddling Girl, after counting the number of times the characters are glimpsed in lavatories.
1990 Today's Parent Feb. 37/3 A piddling pup, or a kitten running up your new sheers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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