as in to muck
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Recent Examples of piddle
And the company’s assets—its cars, their parts, and its intellectual property—may be too piddling to attract another firm to take up the mantle of service and repair.
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Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 30 June 2024
Every other twenty-first-century geopolitical trend will look piddling by comparison.
—Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
In all of 2020 and 2021, the bonds paid 0.2% a year on average, giving Harry a piddling $6,000 annually.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The piddling contributions were a protest of a campus culture that, in the eyes of critics, had restricted political speech while giving free rein to anti-Semitism.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
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Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 30 June 2024
Every other twenty-first-century geopolitical trend will look piddling by comparison.
—Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
In all of 2020 and 2021, the bonds paid 0.2% a year on average, giving Harry a piddling $6,000 annually.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The piddling contributions were a protest of a campus culture that, in the eyes of critics, had restricted political speech while giving free rein to anti-Semitism.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piddle
Verb
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Sure, the Blackhawks could throw $15 million a season at Mikko Rantanen or Mitch Marner this summer, or muck their way through another miserable season and hope that Kirill Kaprizov is available and willing in 2026.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Instead of merely mucking it up, Vancouver began to muck its way into the game.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Add in a high lottery pick (don’t worry, Raptors fans, Ingram isn’t good enough or healthy enough to mess that up), and their top six salaries alone will push the team to the tax line for a squad that on paper will be fighting for the Play-In.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Almost all these variants messed a little too much with the careful balance of simplicity, readability, reasoning, and luck that made the original Minesweeper so addictive.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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When he himself isn’t bummed out, Scott Avett (who flew to New York to be with the cast and crew during its final week) remains philosophical.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Expecting to see spikes in seasonal affective disorder, Dr. Leibowitz was shocked to learn that Nordic people weren’t all that bummed out by the long, dark, and extreme winters.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
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This should tell you everything about how trifling these lists are.—
Remy Blumenfeld,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The scorers of eight goals, while giving up a trifling one.—
Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
24 June 2024
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Now is not the time to dawdle, as certain entries on the list might still sell out by week’s end.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Spurs dawdled during negotiations and, in the end, Slot stayed with the Dutch club for another season before joining Liverpool.—
Oli Gamp,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Don’t be fooled by its cheery name: Happy Face looks haunting.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
27 Jan. 2025
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In other words, an attacker would need to fool all or nearly all nodes to remain hidden—which quickly becomes infeasible as more light nodes join.—
Ayush Gupta,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Bears will be prepared for the environment, but getting that Morgantown monkey off their back will take a lot more than imagined.—
Michael Haag,
Dallas News,
10 Oct. 2022
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With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.—
Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 July 2021
Verb
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And boredom, for a team that occasionally stumbles through late-game offense and lazes its way into too many 3s, can be a killer.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2024
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Tule elk wander Point Reyes and elephant seals laze on its beaches.—
Tasha Zemke,
Outside Online,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Piddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piddle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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