piddle

verb

pid·​dle ˈpi-dᵊl How to pronounce piddle (audio)
piddled; piddling ˈpid-liŋ How to pronounce piddle (audio)
ˈpi-dᵊl-iŋ

Examples of piddle in a Sentence

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And the company’s assets—its cars, their parts, and its intellectual property—may be too piddling to attract another firm to take up the mantle of service and repair. Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 30 June 2024 Every other twenty-first-century geopolitical trend will look piddling by comparison. Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 In all of 2020 and 2021, the bonds paid 0.2% a year on average, giving Harry a piddling $6,000 annually. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024 The piddling contributions were a protest of a campus culture that, in the eyes of critics, had restricted political speech while giving free rein to anti-Semitism. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for piddle 

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of piddle was in 1545

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“Piddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piddle. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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