piddling 音标拼音: [p'ɪdəlɪŋ] [p'ɪdlɪŋ]
a . 无用的,琐屑的
无用的,琐屑的
piddling adj 1 : (
informal )
small and of little importance ; "
a fiddling sum of money "; "
a footling gesture "; "
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war "; "
a little (
or small )
matter "; "
a dispute over niggling details "; "
limited to petty enterprises ";
"
piffling efforts "; "
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law ,
but it seems to be a picayune infraction " [
synonym : {
fiddling }, {
footling }, {
lilliputian },
{
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling }, {
piffling }, {
petty },
{
picayune }, {
trivial }]
Peddling \
Ped "
dling \,
a .
1 .
Hawking ;
acting as a peddler .
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2 .
Petty ;
insignificant ;
trifling ;
paltry ;
piddling ; --
now less common than {
piddling }. "
The miserable remains of a peddling commerce ." --
Burke .
Syn :
petty ;
insignificant ;
trifling ;
paltry ;
piddling .
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Piddling \
Pid "
dling \,
a .
Trifling ;
trivial ;
frivolous ;
paltry ; --
applied to persons and things .
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The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes . --
Milton .
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Piddle \
Pid "
dle \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Piddled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Piddling }.] [
Cf .
dial .
Sw .
pittla to keep picking at ,
Sw .
peta to pick .]
1 .
To deal in trifles ;
to concern one '
s self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important .
--
Ascham .
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2 .
To be squeamishly nice about one '
s food . --
Swift .
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3 .
To urinate ; --
child '
s word .
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1913 Webster ]
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "
piddling ":
Mickey Mouse ,
cheeseparing ,
chinchy ,
chintzy ,
cramped ,
dinky ,
exiguous ,
half -
pint ,
infrequent ,
jerkwater ,
knee -
high ,
limited ,
little ,
meager ,
measly ,
miserly ,
niggardly ,
niggling ,
one -
horse ,
paltry ,
peanut ,
peddling ,
petite ,
pettifogging ,
petty ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
piffling ,
pindling ,
pint -
sized ,
poky ,
poor ,
punk ,
puny ,
rare ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scattered ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
seldom met with ,
seldom seen ,
short ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
small -
beer ,
small -
time ,
smallish ,
sparse ,
spotty ,
sprinkled ,
stingy ,
thin ,
tight ,
tinhorn ,
two -
bit ,
two -
by -
four
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