Cryptic crossword clue
Insignificant fluid loss?

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PIDDLING

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The straight part

We know that "Insignificant/fluid loss" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case insignificant/fluid loss = piddling.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PIDDLING mean?

1. To eat with small, quick bites.
2. To bite lightly.
3. To consume gradually.
4. To find fault; to cavil.

1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
6. To type by searching for each key individually.
7. To type in general.
8. To kiss briefly.

1. To throw.
2. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

1. Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
2. (Namibia) To urinate.

1. Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

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