CentralNotice Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to navigation Jump to search 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Middle English 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Descendants English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .) Pronunciation [ edit ] Rhymes: -ʌdəl Verb [ edit ] spuddle ( third-person singular simple present spuddles , present participle spuddling , simple past and past participle spuddled ) ( obsolete , Southern England ) To make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important [1] ( Can we verify ( + ) this sense?) ( obsolete ) To work ineffectively ; to work hard but achieve nothing References [ edit ] ^ Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary ‎ [1] , volume ...