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tiddles

tiddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tiddle.

Meaning of tiddle

Verb

tiddle (third-person singular simple present tiddles, present participle tiddling, simple past and past participle tiddled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand.
    Synonyms:
    dawt, faddle, grope, pettle
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To potter about; to do something idly.
  3. (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?2007, Jeanne Willis, Who's in the Bathroom?
    Synonyms:
    piddle, widdle

Proper noun capitalized: Tiddles

Tiddles

  1. A common given name for cats; a stereotypical cat.
    • If you must, tell your cat first. After all, if little Tiddles is going to take the blame[…]1999, Andrew Hunt, David Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master, page 3
    • Anyone visiting the Smiths and the Joneses would notice a remarkable similarity between Tom and Tiddles, not surprising when you realize that Tom and Tiddles are the same cat, round on account of being fed so often.2005, Mike O'Docherty, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, page 18

Questions about tiddles

What does tiddles mean?
Tiddles means a common given name for cats; a stereotypical cat.
What is tiddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tiddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tiddle.
What part of speech is tiddles?
Tiddles is a proper noun.

Words near tiddles in the dictionary

  1. Tiddledy Winks
  2. tiddledywink
  3. tiddledywinks
  4. tiddler
  5. tiddlers
  6. tiddles
  7. tiddley
  8. tiddley suit
  9. tiddley suits
  10. Tiddley Winks
  11. tiddleys

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