'Trifle' definitions:
Definition of 'trifle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
noun
A detail that is considered insignificant [syn: technicality, trifle, triviality]
noun
verb
Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
verb
Act frivolously [syn: frivol, trifle]
verb
Definition of 'Trifle'
From: GCIDE
- Trifle \Tri"fle\, n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle.]
- 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. [1913 Webster]
- With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trifle'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trifle'
From: GCIDE
- Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. t.
- 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time." --Shak. [1913 Webster]