First Known Use: circa 1878
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1piffle
verb pif·fle \ˈpi-fəl\
pif·fledpif·fling \-f(ə-)liŋ\
Definition of PIFFLE
intransitive verb
: to talk or act in a trivial, inept, or ineffective way
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Origin of PIFFLE
perhaps blend of piddle and trifle
2piffle
noun
: words or ideas that are false or silly
Full Definition of PIFFLE
: trivial nonsense <pseudo-scientific piffle>
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First Known Use of PIFFLE
1890
Related to PIFFLE
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, nonsense, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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