NOUN | communication | piffle, balderdash, fiddle-faddle | trivial nonsense |
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VERB | communication | piffle, chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
body | piffle | act in a trivial or ineffective way |
Meaning | Trivial nonsense. | |
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Synonyms | balderdash, fiddle-faddle | |
Broader | nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum | A message that seems to convey no meaning / meaning |
Spanish | desatinos, majadería, necedades, parloteo | |
Catalan | menuderies, niciesa, rucada | |
Verbs | piffle | act in a trivial or ineffective way |
piffle | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Meaning | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | |
Narrower | babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither | To talk / talk foolishly |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
Spanish | charlar, cotillear, disparatar, garlar, parlotear | |
Catalan | desbarrar, garlar, parlotejar, xerrar | |
Nouns | piffle | trivial nonsense |
Meaning | Act in a trivial or ineffective way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | chacharear, chamullar, chapurrar, hacer el tonto | |
Nouns | piffle | trivial nonsense |
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