piffle

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: balderdash fiddle-faddle chatter palaver prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

trivial nonsenseSynonyms: balderdash fiddle-faddleType of nonsense, bunk

Verb (2)piffled, piffling

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynonyms: chatter palaver prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber tattle blabber gabbleMore general talk, speakMore specific babble, blather
act in a trivial or ineffective wayMore general act, behave

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pif′fle intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Piffled; present participle & verbal noun Piffling.]

To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. Dial. or Slang Syn. — chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble. [ + ]

2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.

Pif′fle noun

Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. Dial. or Slang “Futile piffle.” Kipling.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement, WordNet 1.5