Trifle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtraɪfl|
Brit.
|ˈtraɪf(ə)l|
noun
- a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- a detail that is considered insignificant (syn: triviality)
- something of small importance (syn: trivia, triviality)
- a detail that is considered insignificant (syn: triviality)
- something of small importance (syn: trivia, triviality)
verb
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently (syn: piddle, wanton)
- act frivolously (syn: frivol)
- consider not very seriously (syn: dally, play)
- act frivolously (syn: frivol)
- consider not very seriously (syn: dally, play)
Extra examples
There's no reason to argue over such trifles.
The money is a mere trifle to me.
...do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you...
...spent a lazy afternoon trifling on the front porch...
It cost a trifle.
He shall not trifle with your affections.
He is not a man to trifle with.
He trifled with his knife.
There's no point in arguing over trifles.
He certainly knew that such a request was a trifle cool.
I was drinking scotch on an empty stomach, and beginning to feel a trifle rocky myself.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: trifle
he/she/it: trifles
present participle: trifling
past tense: trifled
past participle: trifled
I/you/we/they: trifle
he/she/it: trifles
present participle: trifling
past tense: trifled
past participle: trifled
noun
singular: trifle
plural: trifles
singular: trifle
plural: trifles
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