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/pif"ling/, adj.of little worth; trifling; piddling: piffling efforts.[1890-95; PIFFLE + -ING2]
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piffling — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ trivial; unimportant … English terms dictionary
piffling — [[t]pɪ̱fəlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe something as piffling, you are critical of it because it is very small or unimportant. [INFORMAL] ...some piffling dispute regarding visiting rights. Syn: trifling … English dictionary
Piffling — Piffle Pif fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piffling}.] To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piffling — pif|fling [ˈpıflıŋ] adj BrE old fashioned informal piffling amounts are very small and therefore useless … Dictionary of contemporary English
piffling — adjective BrE old fashioned unimportant or useless: Even these sums seem piffling in comparison … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
piffling — adjective Date: 1864 of little worth or importance ; trivial … New Collegiate Dictionary
piffling — adjective unimportant … Wiktionary
piffling — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, jerkwater, measly, niggling, one horse, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, pimping, poky, punk, puny, small beer, small time, tinhorn, trifling, trivial, two bit, two by four … Moby Thesaurus
Piffling — trivial; petty; nonsensical … Dictionary of Australian slang
piffling — Australian Slang trivial; petty; nonsensical … English dialects glossary
