verb🔗ShareGrignoterTo eat with small, quick bites."The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."Le lapin grignotait la laitue.foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMordiller, grignoterTo bite lightly."He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver."Il a mordillé mon cou et m'a fait frissonner.animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareConsommer petit à petit, grignoterTo consume gradually."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.amountfooddrinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChicaner, ergoterTo find fault; to cavil."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.attitudecharacteractionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePicorerTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird)."The birds pecked at their food."Les oiseaux picoraient leur nourriture.animalbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePicorer, piquerTo form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument."to peck a hole in a tree"Picorer un trou dans un arbre.actionbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePiquer, fouillerTo strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements."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.actionutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePicorerTo seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up."The little bird was piddling up the crumbs from the table. "Le petit oiseau picorait les miettes sur la table.animalfoodactionbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBricoler, faire des choses insignifiantesTo do something in small, intermittent pieces."He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."Il bricole sur ce projet depuis un certain temps maintenant.actionprocessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTaper à la recherche de chaque touche individuellementTo type by searching for each key individually.""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.technologycomputingmachinedevicewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTaper, écrireTo type in general."My sister was piddling away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay. "Ma sœur tapait sur son clavier, essayant de finir sa dissertation.computingwritingtechnologycommunicationwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmbrasser brièvement, s'embrasser rapidementTo kiss briefly."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.humanactionbodysexpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLancer, jeterTo throw."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.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTrébucher, tituberTo lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot."The horse piddled forward, its front leg striking the ground awkwardly. "Le cheval trébucha en avant, sa patte avant frappant le sol maladroitement.animalactionvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTravailler sans efficacité, gaspillerOften followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully."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.actionworkattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareUriner, pisser(Namibia) To urinate."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.physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareInsignifiant, négligeable, futileInsignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless."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.valueamountqualityeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
