Definition of trifles Trifles

/tɹajˈfʌlz/ - [trayfulz] -

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Noun Plural: trifles
trifle - a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
		pud, pudding any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
trifle - something of small importance
		triviality, trivia, small beer
		physical object, object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
trifle - a detail that is considered insignificant
		technicality, triviality
		detail, item, point an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

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trifle (Noun)
An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake , jelly and whipped cream .
trifle (Noun)
An insignificant amount.
trifle (Noun)
Anything that is of little importance or worth.
trifle (Noun)
A particular kind of pewter.
trifle (Noun)
Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
trifle (Verb)
To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
trifle (Verb)
To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
trifle (Verb)
To inconsequentially toy with something.
trifle (Verb)
To squander or waste.

trifle (n.)
A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
trifle (n.)
A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
trifle (n.)
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
trifle (v. t.)
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
trifle (v. t.)
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

trifle
trī′fl, v.i. to act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably (with).—n. anything of little value: a light confection of whipped cream or white of egg, with fruit, wine, &c.—n. Trī′fler.—adj. Trī′fling, of small value or importance: trivial.—adv. Trī′flingly.—n. Trī′flingness. [O. Fr. trufle, dim. of truffe, a gibe, also a truffle.]