Trifle

Definition of trifle:

part of speech: noun

Trifler.

part of speech: noun

Anything of little value or importance.

part of speech: verb

To act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably.

part of speech: participle

Trified.

part of speech: verb

To waste in trifling.

part of speech: noun

Anything of little value.

part of speech: verb

To act or talk without seriousness; to daily.

part of speech: verb

To waste or fritter away. A triffle, a little.

part of speech: noun

Anything of little value: a light kind of dish.

Usage examples for trifle:

• Then the man came out, looking a trifle weary, though he sat down by Prescott with a smile. "Prescott of Saskatchewan", Harold Bindloss.

• To tell you the truth, sir, I am a trifle lonely, now that you suggest the thought to me. "The Curious Book of Birds", Abbie Farwell Brown.

• " Well, I mean," returned the other, gently, " that you won't even do such a trifle as to lie down and keep quiet to please me." "Charlie to the Rescue", R.M. Ballantyne.

• " Oh, I do not know," he said, a trifle of irritation in his manners. "The New Rector", Stanley J. Weyman.