piffle









piffle


noun

  1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.

verb (used without object), pif·fled, pif·fling.

  1. to talk nonsense.

noun

  1. nonsenseto talk piffle

verb

  1. (intr) to talk or behave feebly

v.1847, of unknown origin, perhaps an alteration of trifle, by influence of piddle, etc. Or perhaps imitative of a puff of air, with a diminutive suffix. As a noun by 1890.

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