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Piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

To eat with small, quick bites.

📖 Definitions of "Piddling"

verb
  1. 1

    To eat with small, quick bites.

    "The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

  2. 2

    To bite lightly.

    "He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver."

  3. 3

    To consume gradually.

  4. 4

    To find fault; to cavil.

verb
  1. 1

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

    "The birds pecked at their food."

  2. 2

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

    "to peck a hole in a tree"

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

verb
  1. 1

    To throw.

  2. 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. 1

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

  2. 2

    (Namibia) To urinate.

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