Definitions for trifle
ˈtraɪ fəltri·fle

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. trifle(noun)

   a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

2. technicality, trifle, triviality(noun)

   a detail that is considered insignificant

3. triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer(verb)

   something of small importance

4. piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle(verb)

   waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

5. frivol, trifle(verb)

   act frivolously

6. dally, trifle, play(verb)

   consider not very seriously

   "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trifle(Noun)

   An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

2. trifle(Noun)

   An insignificant amount.

3. trifle(Noun)

   Anything that is of little importance or worth.

4. trifle(Noun)

   A particular kind of pewter.

5. trifle(Noun)

   utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.

6. trifle(Verb)

   To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

7. trifle(Verb)

   To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.

8. trifle(Verb)

   To inconsequentially toy with something.

9. trifle(Verb)

   To squander or waste.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trifle(noun)

   a thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair

2. Trifle(noun)

   a dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it

3. Trifle(noun)

   to act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements

4. Trifle(verb)

   to make of no importance; to treat as a trifle

5. Trifle(verb)

   to spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trifle

   Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or jelly, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trifle

   trī′fl, v.i. to act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably (with).—n. anything of little value: a light confection of whipped cream or white of egg, with fruit, wine, &c.—n. Trī′fler.—adj. Trī′fling, of small value or importance: trivial.—adv. Trī′flingly.—n. Trī′flingness. [O. Fr. trufle, dim. of truffe, a gibe, also a truffle.]

Anagrams for trifle »

1. lifter

2. filter

How to pronounce trifle?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trifle in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trifle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of trifle in a Sentence

1. Homer:

   The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

2. Saadi Shirazi:

   Heed not the flatterer?s fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

3. Dwight L. Moody:

   Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.

4. E. B. White:

   You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.

5. Anuj Somany:

   The easiest way to divert away the general public attention from their main concern is to start a vociferous debate on a trifle topic through hired people keeping some in favour and others against it and to make them vocally fight on the mainstream and social media platform.

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