† widdlen.1
Scottish. Obsolete.
Commotion, bustle, tumult; disturbance, trouble; strife, contention, struggle.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
struta1300
barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]
winOE
torpelness?c1225
disturbance1297
workc1325
disturblingc1330
farec1330
frapec1330
disturbing1340
troublingc1340
blunderc1375
unresta1382
hurling1387
perturbationc1400
turbationc1400
rumblec1405
roara1413
rumourc1425
sturblance1435
troublec1435
stroublance1439
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
ruffling1440
stourc1440
rumblingc1450
sturbancec1450
unquietness?c1450
conturbationc1470
ruption1483
stir1487
wanrufe?a1505
rangat?a1513
business1514
turmoil1526
blommera1529
blunderinga1529
disturbation1529
bruyllie1535
garboil1543
bruslery1546
agitation1547
frayment1549
turmoiling1550
whirl1552
confusion1555
troublesomeness1561
rule1567
rummage1575
rabble1579
tumult1580
hurlement1585
rabblement1590
disturb1595
welter1596
coil1599
hurly1600
hurry1600
commotion1616
remotion1622
obturbation1623
stirrance1623
tumultuation1631
commoving1647
roiling1647
spudder1650
suffle1650
dissettlement1654
perturbancy1654
fermentationa1661
dissettledness1664
ferment1672
roil1690
hurry-scurry1753
vortex1761
rumpus1768
widdle1789
gilravagea1796
potheration1797
moil1824
festerment1833
burly1835
fidge1886
static1923
comess1944
frammis1946
bassa-bassa1956
1789 R. Burns To Author in D. Sillar Poems 9 Tae cheer you thro' the weary widdle O' war'ly cares.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 140 Men wi' pipe and fiddle, That garr'd resound maist a' the widdle, Skrieghin' and screedin' fiddle-diddle.
1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 326 This wearifu' world's a wuddle o' care.
1883 T. C. Latto in Mod. Sc. Poets 5th Ser. 337 She's haen her times o'trouble, mair maybe than her share, A weary, weary widdle, an' ither's lade to bear.
?1894 J. S. Wilson Rob Ringan's Plewman Cracks 45 The wearyfu' widdle o' tryin' to mak en's meet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
widdlen.2
/ˈwɪdl/, U.S. /ˈwɪd(ə)l/ colloquial.
1. Urine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > urine > [noun]
migeOE
addleOE
lantc1000
urinec1325
pissa1387
stalea1400
watera1400
stalingc1420
lage1567
urine-river1633
emiction1666
sig1691
tea1693
piddle1870
number one1902
pee-wee1909
pee-pee1923
widdle1925
wee-wee1937
pee1957
wee1968
1925 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers III. ii. ii. 198 They're yellow, and remind you of..widdle [Ger. Wiwi].
1990 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 15 The old one [sc. carpet] had got pretty grotty what with dogs' widdle and parties.
2013 A. Nyakupfuka Global Delicacies 238 The eggs' shells are cracked..and bathed regularly..with fresh piss... People actively compete to obtain the widdle.
2. An act of urination.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [noun] > urination
pissinga1398
urine1561
urination1599
staling1601
miction1663
urining1668
piss?1837
piddle1870
micturating1879
pee1880
pee-wee1909
wet1925
peeing1929
leak1934
Jimmy Riddle1937
wee-wee1937
tinkle1939
run-off1944
slash1950
No. 11965
wee1968
widdle1969
gypsy's kiss1971
Jimmy1971
whizz1971
gypsy's1972
void1980
wazz1994
1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect iii. 77 I hardly ever saw him unless I..wanted a widdle.
1977 A. Coren Lady from Stalingrad Mansions 63 Love is..mekkin' sure yer betrothed 'as a pensionable position wi' luncheon vouchers an' gets out of 'is bath when he wants a widdle.
2005 R. Tope Cotswold Killing xiv. 195 She didn't think she'd put the dogs out..for a bedtime widdle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† widdlev.1
Chiefly Scottish after Old English. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To defile, pollute, profane.
ΚΠ
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xii. 5 Sacerdotes in templo sabbatum uiolant : measapreostas in tempel sunnadæg hia widlas.
OE Vainglory (1936) 60 Wroht ahofan, heardne heresiþ, heofon wid lædan [read widledan], forsawan hyra sellan.
OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iv. xxxv. 61 Se ðe ænig þing [OE Corpus Cambr. awiht] þicge þæs þe hund oððe mus of æte oððe wesle widlige.
2. transitive. To curse (a person or thing). Also intransitive.In quot. 15522 as a verbal noun.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (transitive)]
waryc725
accurselOE
for-waryc1175
cursec1200
bana1275
beshrewc1325
shrew1338
maledighta1400
destinyc1400
damn1477
detest1533
beshrompa1549
widdle1552
becurse1570
malison1588
execrate1612
imprecate1613
maledict1780
the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)]
waryc725
accurselOE
forcurse1154
cursec1175
for-waryc1175
bana1275
ashend1297
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
shrew1338
beshrew1377
maledighta1400
to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400
defyc1430
destinya1450
condemn1489
detest1533
adjure1539
beshrompa1549
widdle1552
becurse1570
malison1588
consecrate1589
exaugurate1600
execrate1612
imprecate1616
blasta1634
damna1640
vote1644
to swear at ——1680
devote1749
maledict1780
comminate1801
bless1814
peste1824
cuss1863
bedamn1875
mugger1951
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xii. f. 31v Quha brekis the secund command?..thai yat..wariis, bannis and widdillis thair saule..for ony vaine mater.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xii. f. 32 Thai that will nocht chasteis..yair barnis fra lesingis, sweiring, banning & widling.
1565 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 129 Scho cumand fra the Brigend bannan and wydlan as plesit hyr.
1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) III. 385 The hennis of Hadingtoun sensyne wald nocht lay, For this wyld wilroun wich thame widlit sa and wareit.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 236 Like Dido, Cupido, I widill and warye.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 45199 Paip Innocens..concludit than hes he,..To curs and widdill, warie and condame, Bayth ill and gude..That enimie wes to..King Johnne.
1639 in Fugitive Poetry (1853) II. 85 Rome with her filthie stinking puddle (For which I still her anathem and wuddle).
3. transitive. To deceive, lead astray. rare (English regional (Lancashire) in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > lead into error, mislead
dwellc888
forlereOE
beleada1000
forleseOE
misteachOE
undergoc1000
mislearOE
misleadOE
bicharrea1100
bedwelec1205
overlead?c1225
misbihedec1300
miswendc1325
misguyc1375
miscounsel1389
misbeleadc1390
faitc1430
miswrest?a1475
misguide1480
scandalize1538
misadvise1548
misdraw1599
misdirect1603
traduce1613
to throw (also put) off the scenta1637
misswaya1640
undirect1647
mislight1648
widdlea1689
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 80 It's Antichrist his Pipes and Fidles, And other Tools, wherewith he Widdles, Poor Caitiffs into dark delusions.
1869 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Widdle, to deceive, beguile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
widdlev.2
/ˈwɪdl/, U.S. /ˈwɪd(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈwɪd(ə)l/ Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern). Now rare.
intransitive. To move slowly and irregularly; to waddle; to wriggle. Also: to work slowly and laboriously; to make progress despite difficulties or obstacles. Sc. National Dict. records the word as still in use in Shetland, Orkney, and Stirling in 1974.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with short swaying steps
waddle1597
waggle1611
widdle-waddle1662
widdle?1760
the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > act or live through difficulties
scamblec1571
scramble1670
shift1723
manage1762
scrub1831
to struggle on1837
scratch1838
widdle1844
to worry along1871
to scrape along1884
to get by1908
scuffle1939
?1760 H. Harrison Tragicomic, Heroical, Satyrical Burlesque Poem ii. 15 Hike, or I shall mill your Mazz, And make you widdle as you did before.
1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) i. 2 My father he's ay wandering about and widdling amang the beasts.
1844 A. Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song 268/2 We hope to wuddle through Life's linked and ravelled clew.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xv. 147 Her mind bein' wholly engrossed wi' thochts o' her bit laddie, an' hoo he wad widdle through the warld.
1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 65 The short October day had dookit doon to the darkening as we widdled in by the Clachan o' the 'Shaws.
a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 24 She'd mony a hatter, puir craitir, bit she wuddlt an brocht thae bairns up rael faisable, for aa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
widdlev.3
/ˈwɪdl/, U.S. /ˈwɪd(ə)l/ colloquial.
intransitive. To urinate; to pee.
ΘΚΠ
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
1934 A. Macdonald tr. A. Malraux Storm in Shanghai iv. 211 I'm a sort of lamp-post, with everything that's at a loose end coming and widdling over it.
1970 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Boil ii. 15 From some of the receptacles you physicians produce, you seem to imagine a camel could widdle through the eye of a needle.
1983 W. Harriss Bay Psalm Bk. Murder ix. 82 He headed straight for me... I damn near widdled.
2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 47 ‘She's going to widdle in her knickers,’ warns Vanessa.
Derivatives
ˈwiddling adj. that is urinating.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [adjective] > urination
micturient1654
retromingent1692
mingent1705
urinablec1900
widdling1963
piddling1968
1963 R. C. H. McKie Malaysia in Focus 29 A grandmother in black holding her widdling granddaughter over a gutter.
2007 M. Blastland Joe (new ed.) vii. 125 The delinquent parent of the cheerfully widdling boy.
2010 J. G. Goodhind Wicked Words xii. 101 She noticed her mother's eyelids flicker at the mention of the widdling dog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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