piddling
/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/verb
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To eat with small, quick bites.
Example: The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.
To bite lightly.
Example: He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.
To consume gradually.
To find fault; to cavil.
verb
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To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
Example: The birds pecked at their food.
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
Example: to peck a hole in a tree
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
verb
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To throw.
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
verb
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Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
(Namibia) To urinate.
adjective
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Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
Example: After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.