Thesaurus: trifle

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1. n. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
2. n. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
3. n. To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
4. v. t. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
5. v. t. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
6. n. a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
7. n. a detail that is considered insignificant
8. n. something of small importance
9. v. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
10. v. act frivolously
11. v. consider not very seriously
12. 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak. Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. Young. 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it. To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker. To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time." Shak.