piffle

pif·fle

P0296100 (pĭf′əl)intr.v. pif·fled, pif·fling, pif·fles To talk or act feebly or futilely.n. Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.

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piffle

(ˈpɪfəl) nnonsense: to talk piffle. vb (intr) to talk or behave feebly[C19: origin uncertain]

pif•fle

(ˈpɪf əl)

n., v. -fled, -fling. Informal. n. 1. nonsense, as idle talk or trivial writing. v.i. 2. to talk or behave in a nonsensical way. [1840–50; perhaps akin to puff]

piffle

Past participle: piffled
Gerund: piffling

Imperative
piffle
piffle

Present
I piffle
you piffle
he/she/it piffles
we piffle
you piffle
they piffle

Preterite
I piffled
you piffled
he/she/it piffled
we piffled
you piffled
they piffled

Present Continuous
I am piffling
you are piffling
he/she/it is piffling
we are piffling
you are piffling
they are piffling

Present Perfect
I have piffled
you have piffled
he/she/it has piffled
we have piffled
you have piffled
they have piffled

Past Continuous
I was piffling
you were piffling
he/she/it was piffling
we were piffling
you were piffling
they were piffling

Past Perfect
I had piffled
you had piffled
he/she/it had piffled
we had piffled
you had piffled
they had piffled

Future
I will piffle
you will piffle
he/she/it will piffle
we will piffle
you will piffle
they will piffle

Future Perfect
I will have piffled
you will have piffled
he/she/it will have piffled
we will have piffled
you will have piffled
they will have piffled

Future Continuous
I will be piffling
you will be piffling
he/she/it will be piffling
we will be piffling
you will be piffling
they will be piffling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been piffling
you have been piffling
he/she/it has been piffling
we have been piffling
you have been piffling
they have been piffling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been piffling
you will have been piffling
he/she/it will have been piffling
we will have been piffling
you will have been piffling
they will have been piffling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been piffling
you had been piffling
he/she/it had been piffling
we had been piffling
you had been piffling
they had been piffling

Conditional
I would piffle
you would piffle
he/she/it would piffle
we would piffle
you would piffle
they would piffle

Past Conditional
I would have piffled
you would have piffled
he/she/it would have piffled
we would have piffled
you would have piffled
they would have piffled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	piffle - trivial nonsensebalderdash, fiddle-faddlehokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
Verb	1.	piffle - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlyblabber, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chattermouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
	2.	piffle - act in a trivial or ineffective waybehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

piffle

noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), hot air (informal), balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo slang), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bunkum (chiefly U.S.), codswallop (Brit. slang), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), tarradiddle He talks such a load of piffle.

piffle

nounSomething that does not have or make sense:balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.Informal: tommyrot.Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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