PIDDLING
/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/
13
Scrabble
17
WWF
P(3) I(1) D(2) D(2) L(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/
verb
- To eat with small, quick bites.“The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.”
- To bite lightly.“He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.”
- To consume gradually.
verb
- To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).“The birds pecked at their food.”
- To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.“to peck a hole in a tree”
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
verb
- To throw.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
verb
- Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
- (Namibia) To urinate.
adjective
- Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.“After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.”
Source: Wiktionary
