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piffle Definition

pif·fle (pif′əl)

noun

talk, writing, action, etc. regarded as insignificant or nonsensical

Etymology: < Brit dial.

nonsense

piffle Related Forms
pif′·fling (pif′liŋ) adjective
piffle Usage Examples

Object

  • sum: Give or take, Lambeth spends £ 1bn every year - £ 140,000 is a truly piffling sum of money.
  • goal: Surely the Reds would score more than a piffling 54 goals they have this season.

Adjective modifier

  • patriotic: And it makes me laugh especially that somebody like you with all your patriotic piffle likes a film like Braveheart.

Noun used with modifier

  • propaganda: This was, as it turned out, mostly propaganda piffle.
piffle Quotes

Oh I see said the Earl but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

—Ashford, Daisy Mary Margaret