tiddle

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tiddle

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From a variant of tidder. See tid.

verb tiddles · tiddling · tiddled

UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand.
Similar: dawt, faddle, grope, pettle
UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete To potter about; to do something idly.
UK, childish To urinate. Is it a tiger who needed to tiddle? A wandering wombat who needed to widdle? A waddling penguin too frozen to piddle?
Similar: piddle, widdle

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@misc{tiddle_2026,
  title = {tiddle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiddle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}