pittlev.
/ˈpɪtl/, U.S. /ˈpɪd(ə)l/ 1. intransitive. To spend time in trifling activities, to potter around; = piddle v. 1a. rare.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity
trifle?a1400
loiterc1400
tiffc1440
tifflec1440
to pick a salad1520
to play the wanton1529
fiddle1530
dauntc1540
piddle1545
dally?1548
pittlea1568
pingle1574
puddle1591
to thrum caps1594
maginate1623
meecha1625
pudder1624
dabble1631
fanfreluche1653
dawdlea1656
taigle17..
niff-naff1728
tiddle1747
peddle1755
gammer1788
quiddle1789
muddle1791
browse1803
niddle1808
poke1811
fal-lal1818
potter1824
footer1825
putter1827
shaffle1828
to fool about1838
mike1838
piffle1847
mess1853
to muck about1856
tinker1856
bohemianize1857
to fool around1860
frivol1866
june1869
muss1876
to muddle about (also around)1877
slummock1877
dicker1888
moodle1893
to fart about1899
to fart about (or around)1899
plouter1899
futz1907
monkey1916
to arse around1919
to play around1929
to fuck around1931
tool1932
frig1933
boondoggle1935
to muck around1935
to screw around1935
to bugger about1937
to bugger around1939
to piss about1943
to dick around1948
to jerk around1953
fart-arse1954
to fanny around1969
slop1973
dork1982
to twat around (or about)1992
to dick about1996
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 48 To precise, to curious, in marking and piteling thus about the imitation of others.
1998 University Wire (Nexis) 19 Feb. That was the first time we've really exploded on a team since the Florida trip... Especially last weekend against Georgetown, we just pittled around until the seventh or eighth inning.
2001 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 26 Sept. 3 e The idea for her Cream Cheese Apple Pie came from a public TV cooking program, according to her mother,..who said her daughter likes to ‘pittle’ in the kitchen.
2. intransitive. To urinate; = piddle v. 2. Also in extended use. Now English regional (chiefly northern).
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > urinate [verb (intransitive)]
migheeOE
pissc1300
to make water?a1475
stale1530
leak1598
urinate1599
minge1606
urine1607
water1631
stroana1730
to pass water1738
to pump ship1759
piddle1784
to make one's burn1788
pittle1801
pee1825
micturate1842
tiddlea1852
leck1922
wet1925
whizz1929
wee-wee1930
wee1934
widdle1934
to go (make) wee-wee1937
tinkle1943
void1947
to take a leak1969
potty1972
slash1973
wazz1984
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 584/2 Prince Biribinker..pittled orange-flower water, and let otr [sc. attar] of roses.
1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 61 Pittle, to urinate, a child's expression.
1977 G. Todd Geordie Words & Phrases 34 Haddaway an' pittle back o'thon tree.
1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. 'E's pittled 'is britches.
1997 Northern Echo (Nexis) 22 Feb. 10 ‘Wonderful,’ says the vicar beforehand. ‘You come and it's pittling down.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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