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trifle
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 trifle
A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate.
Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Nederlands: puddingtaart
2 trifle
A detail that is considered insignificant.
synoniem: triviality.
3 trifle
Something of small importance.
synoniemen: small beer, trivia, triviality.
Roget 643:
unimportance,
insignificance,
nothingness,
immateriality.
triviality,
levity,
frivolity;
paltriness
etc.
adj.;
poverty;
smallness
etc.
32;
vanity
etc.
(uselessness)
645;
matter of indifference
etc.
866;
no object.
nothing,
nothing to signify,
nothing worth speaking of,
nothing particular,
nothing to boast of,
nothing to speak of;
small matter,
no great matter,
trifling matter
etc.
adj.;
mere joke,
mere nothing;
hardly anything;
scarcely anything;
nonentity,
small beer,
cipher;
no great shakes,
peu de chose [Fr.];
child's play,
kinderspiel.
toy,
plaything,
popgun,
paper pellet,
gimcrack,
gewgaw,
bauble,
trinket,
bagatelle,
Rickshaw,
knickknack,
whim-wham,
trifle,
trifles light as air;"
yankee notions [U.S.].
trumpery,
trash,
rubbish,
stuff,
fatras†,
frippery;
leather or prunello;"
chaff,
drug,
froth bubble smoke,
cobweb;
weed;
refuse
etc.
(inutility)
645;
scum
etc.
(dirt)
653.
joke,
jest,
snap of the fingers;
fudge
etc.
(unmeaning)
517;
fiddlestick†,
fiddlestick end†;
pack of nonsense,
mere farce.
straw,
pin,
fig,
button,
rush;
bulrush,
feather,
halfpenny,
farthing,
brass farthing,
doit†,
peppercorn,
jot,
rap,
pinch of snuff,
old son;
cent,
mill,
picayune,
pistareen†,
red cent [U.S.].
minutiae,
details,
minor details,
small fry;
dust in the balance,
feather in the scale,
drop in the ocean,
flea-bite,
molehill.
nine days' wonder,
ridiculus mus [Lat.];
flash in the pan
etc.
(impotence)
158;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482.
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Nederlands: klein bier, trivia, kleintje
Pools: błahostka, bzdet, duperele, duperela, drobiazg, drobnostka
werkwoord
1 trifle
Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.
synoniemen: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away.
Roget 499:
to be an imbecile
etc.
adj.;
have no brains,
have no sense
etc.
498.
trifle,
drivel,
radoter†,
dote;
ramble
etc.
(madness)
503;
play the fool,
play the monkey,
monkey around,
fool around;
take leave of one's senses
(insanity)
503;
not see an inch beyond one's nose;
stultify oneself
etc.
699;
talk nonsense
etc.
497.
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Roget 460:
be negligent
etc.
adj.;
take no care of
etc.
(take care of)
etc.
459;
neglect;
let slip,
let go;
lay aside,
set aside,
cst aside,
put aside;
keep out of sight,
put out of sight;
lose sight of.
overlook,
disregard;
pass over,
pas by;
let pass;
blink;
wink at,
connive at;
gloss over;
take no note of,
take no thought of,
take no account of,
take no notice of;
pay no regard to;
laisser aller [Fr.].
scamp;
trifle,
fribble†;
do by halves;
cut;
slight
etc.
(despise)
930;
play with,
trifle with;
slur,
skim,
skim the surface;
effleurer [Fr.];
take a cursory view of
etc.
457.
slur over,
skip over,
jump over,
slip over;
pretermit†,
miss,
skip,
jump,
omit,
give the go-by to,
push aside,
pigeonhole,
shelve,
sink;
table [Parl.];
ignore,
shut one's eyes to,
refuse to hear,
turn a deaf ear to;
leave out of one's calculation;
not attend to
etc.
457,
not mind;
not trouble oneself about,
not trouble one's head about,
not trouble oneself with;
forget
etc.
506;
be caught napping
etc.
(not expect)
508;
leave a loose thread;
let the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful
etc.
adj.;
put off one's guard,
throw off one's guard;
distract,
divert.
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Nederlands: beuzelen
2 trifle
Act frivolously.
synoniem: frivol.
3 trifle
Consider not very seriously.
synoniemen: dally, play.
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