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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

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verb

Grignoter

To eat with small, quick bites.

Examples :

"The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

Le lapin grignotait la laitue.

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Mordiller, grignoter

To bite lightly.

Examples :

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

Il a mordillé mon cou et m'a fait frissonner.

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Consommer petit à petit, grignoter

To consume gradually.

Examples :

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

La famille a lentement grignoté le reste du gâteau d'anniversaire, en mangeant un peu chaque jour.

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verb

Chicaner, ergoter

To find fault; to cavil.

Examples :

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

Ma sœur chicanait constamment au sujet des préparatifs de la fête, trouvant à redire sur chaque détail.

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Picorer

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

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

Les oiseaux picoraient leur nourriture.

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Picorer, piquer

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

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

Picorer un trou dans un arbre.

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Piquer, fouiller

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. "

L'étudiant ennuyé piquait à son bureau avec la pointe de son stylo, laissant de minuscules indentations dans le bois.

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Picorer

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. "

Le petit oiseau picorait les miettes sur la table.

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Bricoler, faire des choses insignifiantes

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

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

Il bricole sur ce projet depuis un certain temps maintenant.

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Taper à la recherche de chaque touche individuellement

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." "

Ma grand-mère a une très vieille machine à écrire, donc elle passe beaucoup de temps à taper à la recherche de chaque touche pour écrire chaque lettre.

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Taper, écrire

To type in general.

Examples :

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

Ma sœur tapait sur son clavier, essayant de finir sa dissertation.

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verb

Embrasser brièvement, s'embrasser rapidement

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

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

Le professeur a embrassé brièvement ses élèves pour leur dire au revoir avant de quitter la salle de classe.

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verb

Lancer, jeter

Examples :

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

L'enfant lançait des pierres dans l'étang, observant les ondulations se propager.

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Trébucher, tituber

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. "

Le cheval trébucha en avant, sa patte avant frappant le sol maladroitement.

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Travailler sans efficacité, gaspiller

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. "

Il gaspillait son temps avec le projet, il n'a donc pas été terminé à temps.

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verb

Uriner, pisser

(Namibia) To urinate.

Examples :

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

Le jeune enfant devait sortir et pisser avant le long trajet en voiture.

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adjective

Insignifiant, négligeable, futile

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. "

La somme d'argent que j'ai gagnée grâce à la vente de garage était insignifiante par rapport au coût des nouveaux meubles.

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