piffle (ˈpɪfəll
) informal
Definitions
noun
- nonsense ⇒
to talk piffle
verb
- (intr) to talk or behave feebly
Word Origin
C19: origin uncertainSynonyms
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nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
malarkey,
hot air,
balls,
bull,
shit,
pants,
rot,
crap,
trash,
bunk,
bullshit,
tosh,
bollocks,
pap,
cobblers,
bilge,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe,
guff,
moonshine,
hogwash,
hokum,
bunkum,
codswallop,
poppycock,
balderdash,
bosh,
eyewash,
hooey,
tommyrot,
horsefeathers
tarradiddle,
bizzo,
bull's wool,
Usage examples
`Are you certain, Signior Lampone, that this is not so much piffle to put us all in a maze?
, THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)The Bent Spoon goes to `the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle ".
New Scientist (1999)This is foamy celebrity piffle , the sort of thing you see on E!
Globe and Mail (2003)I will not deal with every detail of this ill-informed fallacious piffle , but a few corrections are in order.
Glasgow Herald (2002)More exculpatory piffle has been written about Greene than any other general in this war, which is saying a lot.
, REBELS AND REDCOATS: The American Revolutionary War (2003)