Vocab Bloom Hub

piffle

/ˈpɪf.əl/

Tradução: Substantivo que designa conversa ou ideias triviais, tolas ou sem sentido; algo dito ou feito sem importância ou valor., Verbo datado que significa falar ou agir de maneira trivial, tola ou ineficaz; ocupar-se de ninharias ou perder tempo à toa.

2 verbetes

Relações da palavra

noun

/ˈpɪf.əl/C2formal
  • ptSubstantivo que designa conversa ou ideias triviais, tolas ou sem sentido; algo dito ou feito sem importância ou valor.

A noun referring to trivial, foolish, or nonsensical talk or ideas.

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  1. Trivial nonsenseC1informalbritish

    Foolish, trivial, or meaningless talk or ideas.

    ptBobagem

    • Don't listen to his piffle; he doesn't know what he's talking about.
    • The article was full of piffle about conspiracy theories.
    • She dismissed his arguments as utter piffle.

    Sinônimosbalderdashblatherbunkclaptrapdrivelgibberishhogwashnonsenserubbishtwaddle

    Antônimosimportancesensesubstancewisdom

Formas
  • piffles plural form
  • piffles' possessive plural form
  • piffle's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/ˈpɪf.əl/formalobsoleto
  • ptVerbo datado que significa falar ou agir de maneira trivial, tola ou ineficaz; ocupar-se de ninharias ou perder tempo à toa.

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to talk or act in a trivial, foolish, or ineffective manner; to trifle or waste time.

  1. Talk nonsenseC2informalbritish

    To speak rapidly and incessantly about trivial or unimportant matters.

    ptFalar bobagem

    • He spent the whole afternoon piffling about his new shoes.
    • Stop piffling and get to the point.
    • She piffled on about the weather for ten minutes.

    Sinônimosbabbleblatherchatterdrivelgabblejabberprattletwaddle

    Antônimosrationalizereasonthink

  2. Act ineffectivelyC2informalbritish

    To behave in a trivial, ineffective, or foolish manner.

    ptFazer bobagem

    • Instead of working, he just piffled around the office.
    • They piffled away the entire morning on pointless tasks.
    • Don't piffle about; we have a deadline to meet.

    Sinônimosdallydawdlefool aroundmess aroundpotterputtertrifle

    Antônimosaccomplishachieveperformstrivesucceed

Formas
  • piffled past participle
  • piffled past simple
  • piffling present participle
  • piffles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Condições herdadas

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.