"widdle" meaning in English

See widdle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-widdle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: widdler [comparative], widdlest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdəl Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} widdle (comparative widdler, superlative widdlest)
  1. (childish or mocking, chiefly US, Canada) Little. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: ickle [UK], lickle [UK], liddle Related terms: whittle
    Sense id: en-widdle-en-adj-pp9mY4iX Disambiguation of Music: 55 7 14 4 20 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 14 19 8 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 13 16 7 27

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-widdle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: widdles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdəl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} widdle (countable and uncountable, plural widdles)
  1. (childish, chiefly British) Urine. Tags: British, childish, countable, uncountable Synonyms (urine): piddle
    Sense id: en-widdle-en-noun-6Fu02DkN Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'urine': 90 10
  2. (childish, chiefly UK) An act of urination. Tags: UK, childish, countable, uncountable Synonyms (urination): piddle
    Sense id: en-widdle-en-noun-uVMpVoTt Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'urination': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: urine, urination

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-widdle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: widdles [present, singular, third-person], widdling [participle, present], widdled [participle, past], widdled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪdəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} widdle (third-person singular simple present widdles, present participle widdling, simple past and past participle widdled)
  1. (childish, chiefly British) To urinate. Tags: British, childish
    Sense id: en-widdle-en-verb-u~WFOiiv Categories (other): British English
  2. (colloquial) To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-widdle-en-verb-qckp4YHD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: piddle, urinate Derived forms: widdler, widdly

Inflected forms

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