amuse oneself, toy, play, waste time, idle, make sport of
matter or object of small value or importance; small amount of something; artistic work of no lasting significance; type of pewter; dessert made from sponge cake layered with whipped cream and fruit
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Trifle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
(v. t.)
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
(n.)
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
(n.)
A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
(n.)
A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
trifle
\tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. trifled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. trifling (?).] [oe. trifelen, truflen. see trifle, n.] to act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. they trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.
similar words(2)
to trifle with
trifle away
Glorious combination of sponge cake, jam, wine, whipped cream and custard and jelly.
Steve Stone
Dim = n. nothing; anything; something; everything, trifle, a. no; any,
adv. in no degree, not at all
adv. in no degree, not at all
Dyhiro = v. to trifle
Noun
1. jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
(hypernym) dessert, sweet, afters
(hyponym) tipsy cake
2. a detail that is considered insignificant
(synonym) technicality, triviality
(hypernym) detail, item, point
3. something of small importance
(synonym) triviality, trivia, small beer
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
Verb
1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
(synonym) piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away
(hypernym) spend, pass
(derivation) dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time
2. act frivolously
(synonym) frivol
(hypernym) act, behave, do
(derivation) trifler
3. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
(synonym) dally, play
(hypernym) consider, take, deal, look at
(verb-group) dally, toy, play, flirt
Trifle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or gelatin, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers.
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