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Trifle Very Common

Trifle has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

2

a detail that is considered insignificant

3

something of small importance

4

An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

Verb
1

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

2

act frivolously

3

consider not very seriously

"He is trifling with her"

"She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

4

To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pudding detail object spend act consider
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tipsy cake bagatelle
Rhyming Words
rifle baffle faffle gaffle haffle jaffle maffle raffle waffle yaffle piffle riffle siffle wiffle coffle moffle roffle buffle duffle muffle
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