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動詞

piddle away (三人称単数 現在形 piddles away, 現在分詞 piddling away, 過去形および過去分詞形 piddled away)

1. (transitive) To piss away: to waste or squander time, money, etc.
   • 1743, A Free and Impartial Enquiry into the Extraordinary & Advantageous Bargain..., page 9:

     Those who have piddled away that Sum, would, perhaps, be glad of an Opportunity to ease us of a much greater.

   He piddled away three hours at the bus station waiting for Gabe to show up.

Usage note

Although originally deriving from a separate source, now often understood as a euphemistic form of piss away.

同意語

• (waste time): See waste time

参照

• “piddle away”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.