Definition of trifle

noun (n)

• a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate (noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• a detail that is considered insignificant (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: technicality, triviality
  

  source: wordnet30
• something of small importance (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: small beer, trivia, triviality
  

  source: wordnet30
• A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently (verb.stative)

  Synonym: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away
  

  source: wordnet30
• act frivolously (verb.social)

  Synonym: frivol
  

  source: wordnet30
• consider not very seriously (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: dally, play
  

  source: wordnet30
• To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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