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Piffle v. i. (past & past part. piffled; pres. part. piffling)

To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. (Dial. or Slang)

Synonyms: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.

To act in a trivial or ineffective way.

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Etymology of 'Piffle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Piffle" Quotes from Famous Books

... party of Americans. I wouldn't go. I loathe mobs of dressed-up spendthrifts. We had planned to go to Brittany, but she said she needed a change of companionship—that her soul must change the color of its raiment, or some such piffle." He laughed shortly. "Here I am hanging about in the heat, most of my money gone, and not able to do a stroke of ...

— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

Words linked to "Piffle" : palaver, bunk, chatter, do, prate, blether, blather, fiddle-faddle, verbalise, hokum, utter, behave, blither, blabber, verbalize, gabble, tittle-tattle, blab, talk, speak, clack, smatter, twaddle, tattle