piffling

[ pif-ling ]

/ ˈpɪf lɪŋ /

adjective

of little worth; trifling; piddling: piffling efforts.

Origin of piffling

First recorded in 1890–95; piffle + -ing²

Words nearby piffling

piezomagnetic effect, piezometer, piezometry, PIF, piffle, piffling, pig, Pigalle, pig bed, pigboat, pig boiling

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Example sentences from the Web for piffling

Maybe it's only a piffling pocket, and we'll get souped for our pains.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
Earthly marriages are piffling in comparison with that ceremony.
The Skylark of Space|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
Why don't you cut out all this piffling holy talk and go in for something you can do?
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain|Ernest Thompson Seton
This was no piffling little Gizeh pyramid, no simple tomb for a king.
The Sky Is Falling|Lester del Rey

Well; first, I knew my daughter couldn't be the piffling lunatic who does your war cookery articles.
The Title|Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for piffling

piffling

/ (ˈpɪflɪŋ) /

adjective

worthless, trivial

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单词	piffling
释义	piffling [ pif-ling ] / ˈpɪf lɪŋ / adjective of little worth; trifling; piddling: piffling efforts. Origin of piffling First recorded in 1890–95; piffle + -ing² Words nearby piffling piezomagnetic effect, piezometer, piezometry, PIF, piffle, piffling, pig, Pigalle, pig bed, pigboat, pig boiling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piffling Maybe it's only a piffling pocket, and we'll get souped for our pains. The Trail of '98\|Robert W. Service Earthly marriages are piffling in comparison with that ceremony. The Skylark of Space\|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby Why don't you cut out all this piffling holy talk and go in for something you can do? The Preacher of Cedar Mountain\|Ernest Thompson Seton This was no piffling little Gizeh pyramid, no simple tomb for a king. The Sky Is Falling\|Lester del Rey Well; first, I knew my daughter couldn't be the piffling lunatic who does your war cookery articles. The Title\|Arnold Bennett British Dictionary definitions for piffling piffling / (ˈpɪflɪŋ) / adjective worthless, trivial Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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