Trifle
101dabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. splash, spatter; patter, trifle, fritter away. See water, inactivity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trifle with, putter, fiddle with, dip into, engage in superficially, amuse oneself with, dally, flirt with …
102knickknack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bric a brac, trifle, trinket, gewgaw. See ornament, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ornament, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, objet d art (French), conversation piece, bric a brac, curiosity, bibelot,… …
103unimportance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Insignificance Nouns 1. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, inconsequentiality, inconsequence; triviality, levity, frivolity, froth; paltriness, uselessness; disempowerment; matter… …
104coquet — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. flirt, trifle, tease, wink at; see flirt 1 . See Synonym Study at trifle . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. flirt, tease, toy with, wink at, strut, vamp, titillate, dally, philander. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make… …
105Neglect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Neglect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 neglect neglect Sgm: N 1 carelessness carelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trifling trifling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 negligence negligence Sgm: N 1 omission …
106toy — I. n. 1. Plaything, bawble, gewgaw, trinket, knick knack, gimcrack, kickshaw. 2. Trifle, petty commodity. 3. Trifle, small matter, bubble, bagatelle. 4. Folly, wild fancy, odd conceit, trifling opinion. 5. Play, sport, amorous dalliance. 6. Silly …
107fribble — v 1. trifle, toy, play, fool, Sl. monkey around; dabble, putter, potter, piddle. 2. waste away, fritter away, fool away, trifle away, dribble away, Inf. diddle away. n 3. trifler, dallier, dabbler, potterer, putterer, piddler. 4. trifle,… …
108dally — [dal′ē] vi. dallied, dallying [ME dalien < OFr dalier, to converse, trifle] 1. to flirt; play at love 2. to deal lightly or carelessly (with); trifle; toy 3. to waste time; loiter SYN. LOITER, TRIFLE dallier [dal′ēē ər, d …
109toy — [toi] n. [ME toye in TOY sense 1 (< ?); other senses < ? MDu toi, finery, ornament; akin to Ger zeug, ON tygi, stuff, gear, prob. akin to TUG] 1. Obs. a) amorous behavior; flirtation b) pastime; sport 2. a thing of little value or… …
110wanton away — verb 1. waste time; spend one s time idly or inefficiently • Syn: ↑piddle, ↑wanton, ↑piddle away, ↑trifle • Derivationally related forms: ↑trifling (for: ↑trifle) …
