tiddle en · VERB
Etymology
From a variant of tidder. See tid.
Meanings
- (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand.
- (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To potter about; to do something idly.
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(UK, childish) To urinate.
Is it a tiger who needed to tiddle? A wandering wombat who needed to widdle? A waddling penguin too frozen to piddle?
2007, Jeanne Willis, Who's in the Bathroom?:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiddles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| tiddled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tiddled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tiddling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |