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• piffle — [n] nonsense balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, futile talk, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, jive*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, useless words; concepts 230,388,633 …   New thesaurus

• Piffle — Pif fle, n. Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. [Dial. or Slang] Futile piffle. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• piffle — [pif′əl] n. [< Brit dial.] Informal talk, writing, action, etc. regarded as insignificant or nonsensical interj. nonsense piffling [pif′liŋ] adj …   English World dictionary

• talk — Synonyms and related words: accent, accents, address, advertise, after dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

• piffle — I. intransitive verb (piffled; piffling) Etymology: perhaps blend of piddle and trifle Date: circa 1878 to talk or act in a trivial, inept, or ineffective way II. noun Date: 1890 trivial nonsense < pseudo scientific piffle > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• talk nonsense — Synonyms and related words: babble, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bull, bullshit, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, dither, drivel, drool, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gibble gabble, go on, gossip, gush, haver, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, patter,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• piffle — /pif euhl/, n., v., piffled, piffling. Informal. n. 1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk. v.i. 2. to talk nonsense. [1840 50; perh. akin to PUFF] * * * …   Universalium

• piffle — pif·fle || pɪfl n. nonsense, meaningless talk v. talk nonsense, make meaningless statements …   English contemporary dictionary

• piffle — pif•fle [[t]ˈpɪf əl[/t]] n. v. fled, fling. Informal. 1) inf nonsense, as idle talk or trivial writing 2) inf to talk or behave in a nonsensical way • Etymology: 1840–50; perh. akin to puff …   From formal English to slang

• piffle — /ˈpɪfəl / (say pifuhl) Colloquial –noun 1. nonsense; idle talk. –verb (i) (piffled, piffling) 2. to talk nonsense. {compare Old English pyff puff} –piffler, noun …