trifle
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[edit] Noun
trifle (countable and uncountable; plural trifles)
- An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount.
- Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- A particular kind of pewter.
- (uncountable) utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
[edit] Synonyms
- (insignificant amount): iota, jot, scrap, whit
- (thing of little importance or worth): bagatelle, minor detail, whiffle
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dessert
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insignificant amount
thing of little importance or worth
utensils made from this kind of pewter
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[edit] Verb
trifle (third-person singular simple present trifles, present participle trifling, simple past and past participle trifled)
- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
[edit] Translations
To inconsequentially toy with something
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