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trifle

noun

1 trifle

A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Dutch: puddingtaart

2 trifle

A detail that is considered insignificant.

synonym: triviality.

3 trifle

Something of small importance.

synonyms: small beer, trivia, triviality.

Roget 643: unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality.    triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness etc. adj.; poverty; smallness etc. 32; ... show more

Dutch: klein bier, trivia, kleintje
Polish: błahostka, bzdet, duperele, duperela, drobiazg, drobnostka

verb

1 trifle

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

synonyms: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away.

Roget 499: to be an imbecile etc. adj.; have no brains, have no sense etc. 498.    trifle, drivel, radoter, dote; ramble etc. (madness) ... show more

Roget 460: be negligent etc. adj.; take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, ... show more

Dutch: beuzelen

2 trifle

Act frivolously.

synonym: frivol.

3 trifle

Consider not very seriously.

synonyms: dally, play.


Moby thesaurus: Charlotte, Danish pastry, French pastry, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, abandon, bagatelle, baklava, bauble, be foolish, be stupid, bean, beguile the time, bibelot, bill and coo, bit, blintz ... show more.

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