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Definition of 'trifle'

Noun

  1. sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce
  2. a detail that is considered insignificant
       Synonyms: technicality triviality
  3. something of small importance
       Synonyms: triviality trivia small beer

Verb

  1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
       Synonyms: piddle wanton wanton away piddle away
  2. act frivolously
       Synonyms: frivol
  3. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
       Synonyms: dally play


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