Piffle

/ˈpɪf.əl/

Synonyms for "piffle" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(5 words)

applesauce balderdash balls baloney blather

babble balderdash baloney bilge blabber blah blah-blah blather blatherskite bop bosh

Verb(2 words)

blab blabber

Strong matches (27)

bull bullshit buncombe bunk bunkum bushwa crap drivel drool flapdoodle froth gabble gas gibber gibberish gibble-gabble gobbledegook guff

Verb(4 words)

chatter clack gabble gibber

Noun(5 words)

drivel fiddle-faddle flapdoodle fritter gab

Related words (44)

gup hogwash hokum hooeyhot airhumbug jabber jargon malarkey moonshine mumbo-jumbo poppycock prate prattle rattle rot scat shit slaver stuff

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talktalk nonsensetommyrot trash tripe twaddle twattle vapor waffle wind

Verb(7 words)

maunder palaver prate prattle tattle tittle-tattle twaddle

Noun(7 words)

nonsense prattle ramble rubbish squander twaddle waste

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

acquit act bear behave bunk carry communication comport conduct deport do exclamation hokum interjection meaninglessness mouth

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

11 entries

bah blabber dawdleempty assertionidle chatterprattle pshaw ramble squandertrivial remarkwaste

Collocations

13 entries

empty pifflepiffle argumentpiffle assertionpiffle claimpiffle commentpiffle languagepiffle nonsensepiffle remarkpiffle remarkspiffle statementpiffle talktrivial piffleutter piffle

Inflections

3 entries

piffled piffles piffling

Derivations

3 entries

piffleness piffler pifflessness

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Balderdash and piffle!

Source: tatoeba (9518207)

The wafflier the piffle, the more sharply Mr Nicholson wields his skewer.

Source: wiktionary

The move is obviously pure piffle: a dumbshow designed to placate (or at least entertain) the conservative base while distracting and antagonising rivals.

Source: wiktionary

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