Definition of Trifle
1. Noun. A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate.
2. Verb. Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.
Generic synonyms: Drop, Expend, Spend
Derivative terms: Trifling
3. Noun. A detail that is considered insignificant.
Generic synonyms: Detail, Item, Point
Derivative terms: Technical, Trivial
4. Verb. Act frivolously.
5. Noun. Something of small importance.
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Bagatelle, Fluff, Frippery, Frivolity
Derivative terms: Trivial, Trivial
6. Verb. Consider not very seriously. "Sam wants to trifle with Sue "; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
Generic synonyms: Consider, Deal, Look At, Take
Related verbs: Dally, Flirt, Play, Toy
Definition of Trifle
1. n. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
2. v. i. To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
3. v. t. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
Definition of Trifle
1. to waste time [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES]
Medical Definition of Trifle
1. 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. "With such poor trifles playing." (Drayton) "Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ." (Shak) "Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life." (Young) 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc, with syllabub poured over it. Origin: OE. Trifle, trufle, OF. Trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. Truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifle
Literary usage of Trifle
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1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... the whole of which the militia captured; it is a trifle, but it is a trifle
that was very prettily done. ..."
2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"The miserly official found a stone rising a trifle above sixty crowns, and let
it be heard that it was worth upwards of two hundred. ..."
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