piddling Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
   trifle; piddle away; wanton; wanton away; piddle.
   
2. verb eliminate urine
   wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
   
   • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
3. adjective satellite (informal) small and of little importance
   little; petty; footling; piffling; niggling; trivial; fiddling; picayune; lilliputian.
   
   • a fiddling sum of money
   • a footling gesture
   • our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
   • a little (or small) matter
   • a dispute over niggling details
   • limited to petty enterprises
   • piffling efforts
   • giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

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