tiddle

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English

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Etymology

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From a variant of tidder. See tid.

Verb

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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.[1][2]
    Synonyms: dawt, faddle, grope, pettle
  2. (intransitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To potter about; to do something idly.
  3. (childish, UK) To urinate.
    Synonyms: piddle, widdle
    • 2007, Jeanne Willis, Who's in the Bathroom?‎[1]:
      Is it a tiger who needed to tiddle?
      A wandering wombat who needed to widdle?
      A waddling penguin too frozen to piddle?

References

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  1. ^ A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire
  2. ^ A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases
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