piddle

noun

1. (Australia, British, euphemistic, slang)Piss: urine.

   “The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.”

2. (Australia, British, euphemistic, slang)A piss: an act of urination.

   “Piddle, urine; occ. the act of making water.”

   “On the way out to the gardens, he had to stop for a piddle but was so weak he couldn't maintain his balance while lifting his rear leg.”

3. (British, figuratively)Nonsense or a trivial matter.

   “It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle.”

verb

1. (intransitive)(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.

   “[…] neuer ceaſinge piddeling about theyr bowe and ſhaftes, when they be well, […]”

   “I watch Dag and Claire piddle about the desert[.]”

2. (intransitive, obsolete)Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.

   “As [Mahomet] was preaching... there commeth a doue flying towards him, & alighteth vpon his shoulder, and pidleth in his eare, looking for meate, hauing vsed her before to feede in his eare for the same purpose.”

3. (Southern-US, intransitive, often)Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.

   “Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle.”

   “As about seven seniors quietly eat meat patties, mashed potatoes and canned peaches, Newberry piddles with the food.”

4. (Australia, Namibia, South-Africa, UK, euphemistic, intransitive, reflexive, slang)To urinate.

   “Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself.”

name

1. A small river in Dorset, England.
2. A brook in Worcestershire, England.