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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

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verb

Naschen, knabbern

To eat with small, quick bites.

Examples :

"The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

Das Kaninchen knabberte am Salat.

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verb

Leicht beißen, knabbern

To bite lightly.

Examples :

"He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver."

Er knabberte leicht an meinem Hals und brachte mich zum Frösteln.

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verb

Langsam verbrauchen, verplempern

To consume gradually.

Examples :

"The family slowly piddled away the remaining birthday cake, eating a little bit each day. "

Die Familie verbrauchte den restlichen Geburtstagskuchen langsam, indem sie jeden Tag ein bisschen aß.

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verb

Nörgeln, mäkeln

To find fault; to cavil.

Examples :

"My sister constantly piddled about the arrangements for the party, finding fault with every detail. "

Meine Schwester nörgelte ständig an den Vorbereitungen für die Party herum und fand an jedem Detail etwas auszusetzen.

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verb

Picksen, stochern

To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

Die Vögel picksten an ihrem Futter.

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verb

Picksen, stochern

To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

Ein Loch in einen Baum picksen.

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verb

Stochern, picken

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

Examples :

"The bored student was piddling at his desk with the tip of his pen, leaving tiny indentations in the wood. "

Der gelangweilte Schüler stocherte mit der Spitze seines Stifts an seinem Schreibtisch herum und hinterließ winzige Vertiefungen im Holz.

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verb

Picken, aufpicken

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

Examples :

"The little bird was piddling up the crumbs from the table. "

Der kleine Vogel pickte die Krümel vom Tisch auf.

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verb

Kleckern, tröpfeln

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."

Er kleckert schon seit einiger Zeit an diesem Projekt herum.

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verb

Mit einem Finger tippen, eintippen

To type by searching for each key individually.

Examples :

""My grandma has a really old typewriter, so she spends a long time piddling to write each letter." "

Meine Oma hat eine sehr alte Schreibmaschine, also tippt sie lange mit einem Finger, um jeden Buchstaben zu schreiben.

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verb

Tippen, schreiben

To type in general.

Examples :

"My sister was piddling away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay. "

Meine Schwester tippte auf ihrer Tastatur herum und versuchte, ihren Aufsatz fertigzustellen.

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verb

Flüchtig küssen, knutschen

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

"The teacher briefly piddled his students goodbye before leaving the classroom. "

Der Lehrer küsste seine Schüler kurz zum Abschied, bevor er den Klassenraum verließ.

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verb

Werfen, schleudern

Examples :

"The child was piddling stones into the pond, watching the ripples spread. "

Das Kind warf Steine in den Teich und beobachtete, wie sich die Wellen ausbreiteten.

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verb

Taumeln, straucheln

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Examples :

"The horse piddled forward, its front leg striking the ground awkwardly. "

Das Pferd taumelte vorwärts, wobei sein Vorderbein ungeschickt auf dem Boden aufschlug.

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verb

Herumtun, vergeuden

Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.

Examples :

"He was piddling around with the project, so it wasn't finished on time. "

Er hat mit dem Projekt herumgetan, daher wurde es nicht rechtzeitig fertig.

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verb

Urinieren, pinkeln

(Namibia) To urinate.

Examples :

"The small child needed to go outside and piddling before the long car ride. "

Das kleine Kind musste nach draußen gehen und pinkeln, bevor die lange Autofahrt begann.

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adjective

Geringfügig, unbedeutend, belanglos

Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

Examples :

"The amount of money I earned from the garage sale was piddling compared to the cost of the new furniture. "

Der Betrag, den ich durch den Garagenverkauf verdiente, war im Vergleich zu den Kosten der neuen Möbel geringfügig.

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