2006-07-21 02:27:19 · 6 answers · asked by steincina 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My Great Grandpa used to sit on his front porch and "widdle".... he had a pocket knife and a "widdlin' stick".... and would just shave it down real smooth. so if you mean what is someone actually DOING when they "widdle" -- they're shaving a stick with a pocket knife...like the old men used to do between checker games...
2006-07-21 02:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by Stormy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A minority of people in the UK have been known to use it for 'to pee' - 'to urinate' or whatever you want to call it!
"Going for a widdle" is - arguably - a more polite way of saying "going for a p!ss / slash" without resorting to nonsensical tripe like "going to see a man about a dog ..."
; )
2006-07-21 21:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like widdling away? then its a synonym for dwindle
2006-07-21 02:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by mz.Tiza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's spelled "to whittle" and it means to carve wood by shaving off small bits with a knife. By extension, "to whittle away" means to gradually make smaller, by slowly removing small amounts.
2006-07-22 09:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Durian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To cut away...to make smaller...to shave off....to get rid of excess
2006-07-21 02:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by casey_leftwich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah what 'jaded' said~
2006-07-21 03:47:36 · answer #6 · answered by lili t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋