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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

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verb

ちょこちょこ食べる, 少しずつ食べる

To eat with small, quick bites.

Examples :

"The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

ウサギはレタスをちょこちょこ食べた。

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verb

軽く噛む

To bite lightly.

Examples :

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

彼は私の首を軽く噛み、私は震えました。

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verb

少しずつ消費する、無駄にする

To consume gradually.

Examples :

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

家族は残りの誕生日ケーキを少しずつ食べ、毎日少しずつ消費しました。

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verb

難癖をつける, ケチをつける

To find fault; to cavil.

Examples :

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

妹はパーティーの準備について常に難癖をつけ、細部に至るまでケチをつけていた。

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verb

つつく

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

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

鳥たちは食べ物を突ついた。

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verb

つつく, 突っつく

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

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

木に穴を突っつく。

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verb

突っつく, 突く

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. "

退屈した生徒は、ペンの先で机を突っつき、木に小さなへこみを残していた。

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verb

くちばしでつつく, 食べる

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. "

小さな鳥がテーブルのパンくずをくちばしでつついていた。

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verb

少しずつやる, ちまちまやる

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

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

彼はしばらくの間、そのプロジェクトを少しずつやっています。

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verb

一つずつキーを探してタイプする

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." "

祖母はとても古いタイプライターを使っているので、各文字を書くために一つずつキーを探してタイプするのに長い時間をかけています。

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verb

タイプする, 入力する

To type in general.

Examples :

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

妹はエッセイを終わらせようと、キーボードを叩いていました。

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verb

軽くキスする、軽く口づけする

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

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

先生は教室を出る前に、生徒たちに別れを告げるために軽くキスをしました。

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verb

投げる

Examples :

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

子供は池に石を投げ入れ、さざ波が広がるのを見ていた。

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verb

つまずく, よろめく

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. "

馬は前脚が不器用に地面を叩きながら、よろめきながら前に進んだ。

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verb

無駄に過ごす, 浪費する

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. "

彼はそのプロジェクトを無駄に過ごしていたので、時間通りに終わりませんでした。

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verb

小便する

(Namibia) To urinate.

Examples :

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

小さな子供は、長い車の旅の前に外に出て小便をする必要があった。

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adjective

取るに足りない, つまらない

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. "

ガレージセールで稼いだ金額は、新しい家具の費用に比べて取るに足りなかった。

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