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PIFFLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trivial nonsense
Synonyms:
balderdash; fiddle-faddle; piffle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("piffle" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Derivation:
piffle (act in a trivial or ineffective way)
piffle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in a trivial or ineffective way
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "piffle" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
piffle (trivial nonsense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms:
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "piffle" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "piffle"):
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
piffle (trivial nonsense)
