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frib·ble    Audio Help   [frib-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -bled, -bling, noun, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1.to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
–verb (used with object)
2.to waste foolishly (often fol. by away): He fribbled away one opportunity after another.
–noun
3.a foolish or frivolous person; trifler.
4.anything trifling or frivolous.
5.frivolousness.
–adjective
6.frivolous; foolish; trifling.

[Origin: 1620–30; perh. alter. of frivol]

fribbler, noun
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frib·ble    Audio Help   (frĭb'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   frib·bled, frib·bling, frib·bles

v.   tr.
To waste (time, for example); fritter (something) away.

v.   intr.
To waste time; trifle.

n.  
  1. A frivolity; a trifle.
  2. A frivolous person.


[Origin unknown.]

frib'bler n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fribble

Frib"ble\, n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.

A pert fribble of a peer. --Thackeray.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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