piffling
a . 琐碎的,不足道的
琐碎的,不足道的
piffling adj 1 : (
informal )
small and of little importance ; "
a fiddling sum of money "; "
a footling gesture "; "
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war "; "
a little (
or small )
matter "; "
a dispute over niggling details "; "
limited to petty enterprises ";
"
piffling efforts "; "
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law ,
but it seems to be a picayune infraction " [
synonym : {
fiddling }, {
footling }, {
lilliputian },
{
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling }, {
piffling }, {
petty },
{
picayune }, {
trivial }]
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 ]
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "
piffling ":
Mickey Mouse ,
jerkwater ,
measly ,
niggling ,
one -
horse ,
peddling ,
pettifogging ,
petty ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
piddling ,
pimping ,
poky ,
punk ,
puny ,
small -
beer ,
small -
time ,
tinhorn ,
trifling ,
trivial ,
two -
bit ,
two -
by -
four
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