of little importance; trifling
Origin of fribble
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps- a person who wastes time
- any trifling act or thought
intransitive verb
frib′bled, frib′bling to waste time; trifle
fribble Idioms
fribble away
to use wastefully
fribble
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fribble
verb
frib·bled, frib·bling, frib·blesverb
transitiveTo waste (time, for example); fritter (something) away.
verb
intransitiveTo waste time.
noun
- A trifle; a frivolity.
- A frivolous person.
Origin of fribble
Origin unknownRelated Forms:
- frib′bler
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present fribbles, present participle fribbling, simple past and past participle fribbled)
Adjective
(comparative more fribble, superlative most fribble)
- Of no or little importance, frivolous.
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