verb🔗Shareちょこちょこ食べる, 少しずつ食べるTo eat with small, quick bites."The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."ウサギはレタスをちょこちょこ食べた。foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share軽く噛むTo bite lightly."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。animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share少しずつ消費する、無駄にするTo consume gradually."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。amountfooddrinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share難癖をつける, ケチをつけるTo find fault; to cavil."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。attitudecharacteractionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareつつくTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird)."The birds pecked at their food."鳥たちは食べ物を突ついた。animalbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareつつく, 突っつくTo form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument."to peck a hole in a tree"木に穴を突っつく。actionbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share突っつく, 突くTo 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. "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。actionutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share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."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。animalfoodactionbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share少しずつやる, ちまちまやるTo do something in small, intermittent pieces."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。actionprocessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share一つずつキーを探してタイプするTo 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." "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。technologycomputingmachinedevicewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareタイプする, 入力するTo type in general."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。computingwritingtechnologycommunicationwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share軽くキスする、軽く口づけするTo kiss briefly."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。humanactionbodysexpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share投げるTo throw."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。actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share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."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。animalactionvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share無駄に過ごす, 浪費するOften 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. "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。actionworkattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share小便する(Namibia) To urinate."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。physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share取るに足りない, つまらないInsignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless."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。valueamountqualityeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading