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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)

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