trifle

n

1. bagatelle, bauble, trinket, knickknack, Inf. doodad; gimcrack, gewgaw, whimwham, piece of junk; toy, plaything, dalliance, frivolity.

2. triviality, no great matter, no big thing, technicality; unimportant or inconsequential thing or matter, nothing to worry or get upset over, something of no concern, insignificancy, b6tise, inessential, nothing, nothing at all, Inf. fiddle-faddle.

3. pittance, piddling sum, small amount, little something, Inf. nothing much; the least or slightest amount or bit, anything, row or hill of beans, tinker's dam, straw, fig, peppercorn, Inf. bean; dime, nickel, penny, cent, plug nickel, continental, U.S. Inf. red cent; the paper it is printed on.

4. little, bit, little or tiny bit, driblet, drop, smidgen, Inf. smitch, Inf. tad; touch, dab, dash, pinch, handful; sprinkling; mouthful, sip, sup, taste, nip, bite; speck, crumb, mite, jot, whit, tittle, particle, iota, molecule, atom; tinge, tincture, trace, hint, suggestion, suspicion, soupeon.

v

5.Usu. trifle with

deal with lightly, make light of, take lightly, pass off as nothing, think nothing of; slight, shortchange, overlook, pass over, leave out, omit, ignore; be frivolous about or with, make sport of, laugh off, joke about, play, toy, dally, amuse oneself, Inf. frivol; fiddle, tinker, mess, fool, Inf. fiddle-faddle; handle, finger, paw, put one's hands all over.

6. talk idly, gossip, chitchat, chatter, engage in small talk, talk about nothing; palaver, prattle, prate, rattle or babble on, talk and talk and talk, go on about nothing.

7. putter around, fiddle around, tinker around, play around, mess around, niggle, finick, Inf. fool around; goof off, dillydally, hang around, loiter, lay around, twiddle one's thumbs, dawdle, do nothing.

8.Usu. trifle away

fritter, fribble, Inf. diddle; idle, pass, while; waste, use up, loose.