单词 | to piddle away |
释义 | > as lemmasto piddle away d. transitive. to piddle away: to waste, squander (time, money, etc.); to fritter away. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > cause to be idle or inactive [verb (transitive)] > occupy oneself triflingly with > waste (time) in trifling activity trifle outa1450 trifle1532 loiter1549 picklea1568 toy1575 trifle1587 rust1604 to idle (time) away1652 fool1657 to dally away1685 dangle1727 to piddle away1743 peddle1866 potter1883 putter1911 gold-brick1918 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste spilla1000 scatter1154 aspilla1250 rospa1325 waste1340 spend1390 consumec1425 waste1474 miswenda1500 forsumea1510 to cast away1530 to throw away1561 embezzle1578 squander1593 palter1595 profuse1611 squander1611 ravel1614 sport1622 to fool away1628 to stream out1628 to fribble away1633 sweal1655 frisk1665 to fiddle away1667 wantonize1673 slattera1681 swattle1681 drivel1686 swatter1690 to muddle away1707 squander1717 sot1746 slattern1747 meisle1808 fritter1820 waster1821 slobber1837 to cut to waste1863 fringe1863 potter1883 putter1911 profligate1938 to piddle away1942 haemorrhage1978 spaff2002 1743 Enq. into Extraordinary & Advantageous Bargain 9 Those who have piddled away that Sum, would, perhaps, be glad of an Opportunity to ease us of a much greater. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. iii. 151 An house, where she used to piddle away her leisure hours. 1826 Reg. Deb. Congr. 2 724 We see the best of the lands dribbled and piddled away without accomplishing the object for which they were ceded to the Federal Government. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §239/3 Waste,..piddle away. 1958 ‘E. McBain’ Killer's Payoff (1960) xvii. 160 Ruther had inherited money which..he'd piddled away. 1989 Sunday Tel. 10 Dec. 46/7 I am piddling away at hackery rather than doing a proper job making beautiful and useful objects. < as lemmas |
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