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piffle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piffled}; p. pr & vb n. {Piffling}.] To be sequeamish or delicate; hence to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piffle \Pif"fle\, n. Act of piffling; trifling talk or action piddling; twaddle. [Dial. or Slang] ``Futile piffle.'' --Kipling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: piffle n : trivial nonsense [syn: {balderdash}, {fiddle-faddle}] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: {chatter}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}] 2: act in a trivial or ineffective way
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