piffle

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈpɪf.əl/

Noun

piffle (uncountable)

1. Nonsense, foolish talk.
   • 1998, The Economist, Walking: More than gadding about ↗

     The wafflier the piffle, the more sharply Mr Nicholson wields his skewer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

• French: babil, logorrhée, diarrhée verbale, déconnage, bafouillage, jargon, baragouin
• German: Unsinn, Blödsinn, Quatsch
• Italian: scemenze, sciocchezze, stupidaggini
• Portuguese: conversa fútil
• Russian: чепуха́
• Spanish: parloteo, chapurreo, chamullo, cháchara, jerga, jerigonza

Verb

piffle (piffles, present participle piffling; past and past participle piffled)

1. To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
2. To waste, to fritter away.
3. (dated) To be squeamish or delicate.

Synonyms

• (act or speak in a futile manner) trifle, twaddle

Translations

• French: babiller, vaticiner, déconner, péter les plombs, baragouiner, jargonner
• German: quatschen, plappern, quasseln, schwatzen
• Italian: cicalare, chiacchierare
• Russian: нести́ чушь
• Spanish: parlotear, chamullar, chacharear, chapurrar, chapurrear, farfullar

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