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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or
Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or
Slang]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
piffling
adj : (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse
regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details";
"limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts";
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the
law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling,
footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling,
piddling, petty, picayune, trivial]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
piffling
a.
(lb en informal) petty; unimportant
vb.
(present participle of en piffle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
piffling
a.
(lb en informal) petty; unimportant
vb.
(present participle of en piffle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
piffling
a.
(lb en informal) petty; unimportant
vb.
(present participle of en piffle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
piffling
a.
(lb en informal) petty; unimportant
vb.
(present participle of en piffle nocat=1)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
الهذر
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
malicherný
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
lächerlich, belanglos
Synonym: fiddling
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
quatschend
see: piffle, piffled, piffles, piffled
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
1. महत्त्वहीन बात
"She always comes to me with piffling complaints."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
piffling /pˈɪflɪŋ/
1. mihaszna
2. kutyát érô
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "piffling":
Mickey Mouse, jerkwater, measly, niggling, one-horse, peddling,
pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, pimping, poky,
punk, puny, small-beer, small-time, tinhorn, trifling, trivial,
two-bit, two-by-four
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 琐碎的,不足道的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 琐碎的,不足道的
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