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[ pid-ling ] / ˈpɪd lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR piddling ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveamounting to very little; trifling; negligible: a piddling sum of money. Origin of piddlingFirst recorded in 1550–60; piddle + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR piddlingtrivial, insignificant, paltry, picayune. SEE SYNONYMS FOR piddling ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby piddlingpiculet, Picumnus, Picus, PID, piddle, piddling, piddock, Pidgeon, pidgin, pidgin English, pidginize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piddlingStill, I have never forgotten that in my youth, I thought the difference between life and death was piddling. I Killed Sunny von Bulow|Suzy Welch|December 9, 2008|DAILY BEAST And every company in the Galaxy, be it monstrous huge or piddling small, made a mad rush to be first on the scene. Conquest Over Time|Michael Shaara We were kind of piddling around, and I kind of walked off ahead of him. Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy There are lots of loafers and piddling projects,--but the government's also doing some big jobs, some real construction work. Class of '29|Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
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. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais They simply sat around, doing nothing but watch their screens and keep their few, piddling records. Final Weapon|Everett B. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for piddling
adjectiveinformal petty; trifling; trivial Derived forms of piddlingpiddlingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to piddlingniggling, trifling, pettifogging, little, measly, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, puny, trivial, unimportant, useless, worthless, derisory |