piddle

Meanings

Noun

• Piss: urine.
• A piss: an act of urination.
• Nonsense or a trivial matter.

Verb

• Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
• Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
• Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
• To urinate.

Origin

• Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le. In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.