piffle

pif·fle

 (pĭf′əl)

intr.v. pif·fled, pif·fling, pif·fles

To talk or act feebly or futilely.

n.

Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.

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[Origin unknown.]

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piffle

(ˈpɪfəl)

n

nonsense: to talk piffle.

vb

(intr) to talk or behave feebly

[C19: origin uncertain]

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pif•fle

(ˈpɪf əl)

n., v. -fled, -fling. Informal. n.

1. nonsense, as idle talk or trivial writing.

v.i.

2. to talk or behave in a nonsensical way.

[1840–50; perhaps akin to puff]

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piffle

Past participle: piffled
Gerund: piffling

Imperative

piffle

piffle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	piffle - trivial nonsense balderdash, fiddle-faddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
Verb	1.	piffle - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly blabber, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
	2.	piffle - act in a trivial or ineffective way behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

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piffle

noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), hot air (informal), balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo slang), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bunkum (chiefly U.S.), codswallop (Brit. slang), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), tarradiddle He talks such a load of piffle.

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piffle

noun

Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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Translations

piffle

[ˈpɪfl] N → tonterías fpl, paparruchas fpl
piffle! → ¡tonterías!, ¡bobadas!

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piffle

n (inf) → Quatsch m (inf), → Schnickschnack m (inf)

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piffle

[ˈpɪfl] n (Brit) (old) (fam) → sciocchezze fpl

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