| NOUN | communication | piffle, balderdash, fiddle-faddle | trivial nonsense |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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