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frib⋅ble

  [frib-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun, adjective
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–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

Related forms:
fribbler, noun
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frib·ble   (frĭb'əl)   
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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Fribble

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

A pert fribble of a peer. --Thackeray.

Fribble

Frib"ble\, v. i. 1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.

The fools that are fribbling round about you. --Thackeray.

2. To totter. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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