Definitions for piddling

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piddling pid·dling

Spelling: [pid-ling]

IPA: /ˈpɪd lɪŋ/

Piddling is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in piddling (ddgiilnp).

Definitions for piddling

adjective

1. amounting to very little; trifling; negligible:

verb (used with object)

1. to waste (time, money, etc.); fail to utilize (usually followed by away).

verb (used without object)

1. to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around):
2. Informal. (especially of children and pets) to urinate.

Origin of piddling

First recorded in 1550-60; piddle + -ing²

Examples for piddling

Here I was prepared to remove the drug scourge forever, and at a piddling cost.

With this he left us piddling; then within a quarter of an hour came back, and told us the pope-hawk is now to be seen.

And every company in the Galaxy, be it monstrous huge or piddling small, made a mad rush to be first on the scene.

I come to town and stayed about two weeks, piddling around to git along.

Still, I have never forgotten that in my youth, I thought the difference between life and death was piddling.

We were kind of piddling around, and I kind of walked off ahead of him.

They simply sat around, doing nothing but watch their screens and keep their few, piddling records.

Except for the portions reserved for the two cooks, there was not a crumb of piddling left.

There are lots of loafers and piddling projects,--but the government's also doing some big jobs, some real construction work.