"tiddle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tiddles [present, singular, third-person], tiddling [participle, present], tiddled [participle, past], tiddled [past]
Etymology: From a variant of tidder. See tid. Head templates: {{en-verb}} tiddle (third-person singular simple present tiddles, present participle tiddling, simple past and past participle tiddled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive Synonyms: dawt, faddle, grope, pettle
    Sense id: en-tiddle-en-verb-5F859WrV Categories (other): British English
  2. (intransitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To potter about; to do something idly. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-tiddle-en-verb-MKY30mQU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 68 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 70 5
  3. (childish, UK) To urinate. Tags: UK, childish Synonyms: piddle, widdle
    Sense id: en-tiddle-en-verb-u~WFOiiv Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand."
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          "word": "faddle"
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        "(intransitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To potter about; to do something idly."
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        "To urinate."
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          "word": "faddle"
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