trifle away

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

trifle away - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" wanton away, wanton expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"

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trifle

noun

1. Something or things that are unimportant:

fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trivia, triviality.

2. A small showy article:

bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, toy, trinket, whatnot.

3. A tiny amount:

bit, crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, whit.

Chiefly British: spot.

verb

1. To treat lightly or flippantly:

dally, flirt, play, toy.

2. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:

fiddle, fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, twiddle.

3. To make amorous advances without serious intentions:

coquet, dally, flirt, toy.

phrasal verb
trifle away

1. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:

dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill, waste, while (away), wile (away).

2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:

consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, waste.

Slang: blow.

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Translations

w>trifle away

vt sep → vergeuden

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