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PIDDLE AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does piddle away mean? 

PIDDLE AWAY (verb)
  The verb PIDDLE AWAY has 1 sense:

1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficientlyplay

  Familiarity information: PIDDLE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIDDLE AWAY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

piddle; piddle away; trifle; wanton; wanton away

Hypernyms (to "piddle away" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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