Piddle Away (Verb)
Meaning
Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- Instead of working on her project, she spent the morning piddling away on her phone, scrolling through social media.
- He's been piddling away his inheritance on frivolous purchases and now he's struggling to make ends meet.
- The student was piddling away the last evening of his summer vacation, not wanting to think about the school year that was starting the next day.
- Don't piddle away the whole weekend watching TV, there's so much you could be doing outside.
- Teresa has been piddling away hours at her desk, trying to come up with ideas but unable to apply herself properly.