"piddle away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: piddles away [present, singular, third-person], piddling away [participle, present], piddled away [participle, past], piddled away [past]
Etymology: From piddle (“to act wastefully or ineffectually”), under influence from piss away. Etymology templates: {{m|en|piddle||to act wastefully or ineffectually}} piddle (“to act wastefully or ineffectually”), {{m|en|piss away}} piss away Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} piddle away (third-person singular simple present piddles away, present participle piddling away, simple past and past participle piddled away)
  1. (transitive) To piss away: to waste or squander time, money, etc. Tags: transitive Synonyms (waste time): waste time

Inflected forms

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