Piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

verb

  1. To eat with small, quick bites.

    The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.

  2. To bite lightly.

    He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.

  3. To consume gradually.

Synonyms: piddle

verb

  1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

    The birds pecked at their food.

  2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

    to peck a hole in a tree

  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

verb

  1. To throw.

  2. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

verb

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

  2. (Namibia) To urinate.

Synonyms: widdle

adjective

  1. Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

    After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.

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