"trifle with" meaning in English

See trifle with in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: trifles with [present, singular, third-person], trifling with [participle, present], trifled with [participle, past], trifled with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trifle with (third-person singular simple present trifles with, present participle trifling with, simple past and past participle trifled with)
  1. (transitive) to toy with Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-trifle_with-en-verb-pFDaFGz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 82 18
  2. (transitive) to mock Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-trifle_with-en-verb-E34hOVQp

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for trifle with meaning in English (1.2kB)

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