From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Piffle \Pif"fle\, n.
Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle.
[Dial. or Slang] "Futile piffle." --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 talk nonsense or about
trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]
Syn: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack,
maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piffle
n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: {balderdash}, {fiddle-faddle},
{piffle}]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-
tattle}, {twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab},
{gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}]
2: act in a trivial or ineffective way
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