Meaning

(rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging.
2. (transitive) To dig or uproot; to scrape.
3. (intransitive) To toy or fiddle.
4. To cause to worry, to make uncomfortable; niggle.
5. To worry about minor points.

Example Sentences

A heap of it is then placed upon an inclined platform, under a small fall of water, and repeatedly stirred with a piggle and shovel […]

I took my revenge on th' round-house, for I piggled all th' plaster off o' the walls that I could […]

Then all nature was presently converted into an object for microscopic study, so that everything, whether near or far, must be piggled at and made clear to the utmost limit of human power.

Banford, at the other end of the table, said not a word, but piggled with the sardine on her plate.

BUDD. Get up yourself, and shut up, too! You have piggled me enough, you old smooty-snoot!

But of what value is all that piggling, niggling, — you call the little thing piggling, niggling?

Word Forms

• piggles
• piggling
• piggled

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Use piggle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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