See piffle on Wiktionary
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "žvásty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "höpinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "höpötys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "babil"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "logorrhée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "diarrhée verbale"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "déconnage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "bafouillage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "jargon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "baragouin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Unsinn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blödsinn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quatsch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scemenze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "sciocchezze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "stupidaggini"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conversa fútil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čepuxá",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чепуха́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltovnjá",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болтовня́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzdor",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вздор"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "parloteo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "chapurreo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "chamullo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "cháchara"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "jerga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "jerigonza"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "nonsense, foolish talk",
"word": "malu awyr"
}
],
"word": "piffle"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -le",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪfəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɪfəl/2 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "piddle",
"3": "trifle",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "blend of piddle + trifle",
"name": "blend"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "puff",
"3": "le",
"t1": "(onomatopoeia, puff of air)",
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},
"expansion": "puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”)",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "piffles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "piffling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "piffled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "piffled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner."
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
],
[
"nonsensical",
"nonsensical"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To waste, to fritter away."
],
"links": [
[
"waste",
"waste"
],
[
"fritter",
"fritter"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To be squeamish or delicate."
],
"links": [
[
"squeamish",
"squeamish"
],
[
"delicate",
"delicate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) To be squeamish or delicate."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɪf.əl/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-piffle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-au-piffle.ogg/En-au-piffle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-au-piffle.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪfəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "act or speak in a futile manner",
"word": "trifle"
},
{
"sense": "act or speak in a futile manner",
"word": "twaddle"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorja gluposti",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "говоря глупости"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plácat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "žvanit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kecat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "hölmöillä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "höperehtiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "babiller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "vaticiner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "déconner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "péter les plombs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "baragouiner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "jargonner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "quatschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "plappern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "quasseln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "schwatzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "cicalare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "chiacchierare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "mówić bzdury"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "zachowywać się głupio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nestí čušʹ",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "нести́ чушь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltátʹ vzdor",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "болта́ть вздор"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "parlotear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "chamullar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "chacharear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "chapurrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "chapurrear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner",
"word": "farfullar"
}
],
"word": "piffle"
}
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