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take a tinkle

take a tinkle verb: to urinate.

Verb

take a tinkle (third-person singular simple present takes a tinkle, present participle taking a tinkle, simple past took a tinkle, past participle taken a tinkle)

  1. (childish, informal) To urinate.
    • After we climbed out the window, Vera went behind a bush to take a tinkle, I tried to follow her, but she pushed me back and then giggled a little.2010, Edward H’ Wolf, “The Light inside the Darkness” (chapter 12), in Secluded Mansion Nights, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 101
    • "Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves."2025 January 21, Sarah Kuta, “For Chimpanzees, Peeing May Be Contagious—Just Like Yawning Is for Humans, Study Finds”, in Smithsonian Magazine

Forms of take a tinkle

third-person singular presenttakes a tinkle
present participletaking a tinkle
pasttook a tinkle
past participletaken a tinkle
alternative formhave a tinkle

Questions about take a tinkle

What does take a tinkle mean?
Take a tinkle means to urinate.
What part of speech is take a tinkle?
Take a tinkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a tinkle?
The past tense of take a tinkle is took a tinkle.

Words near take a tinkle in the dictionary

  1. take a sight
  2. take a spill
  3. take a stab at
  4. take a stand
  5. take a step back
  6. take a tinkle
  7. take a toll
  8. take a tumble
  9. take a turn
  10. take a turn for the better
  11. take a turn for the worse

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