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trifle away ThesaurusVerb | 1. | trifle away - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"wanton away, wantonexpend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" |
triflenoun1. Something or things that are unimportant:fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trivia, triviality.2. A small showy article:bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, toy, trinket, whatnot.3. A tiny amount:bit, crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, whit.Chiefly British: spot.verb1. To treat lightly or flippantly:dally, flirt, play, toy.2. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:fiddle, fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, twiddle.3. To make amorous advances without serious intentions:coquet, dally, flirt, toy.phrasal verb trifle away1. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill, waste, while (away), wile (away).2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, waste.Slang: blow.Translationstrifle away
trifle something away (on someone or something)to waste something, such as money, on someone or something, little by little. Don't trifle all your money away on your friends. Don't trifle away any more money on silly purchases.See also: away, trifleEncyclopediaSeetrifletrifle away
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