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Definition of piffle - 2 dictionary results

pif⋅fle

  [pif-uhl] noun, verb, -fled, -fling. Informal.
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–noun
1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.
–verb (used without object)
2. to talk nonsense.
Origin:
1840–50; perh. akin to puff
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pif·fle   (pĭf'əl)   
intr.v.   pif·fled, pif·fling, pif·fles
To talk or act feebly or futilely.
n.  Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.

[Origin unknown.]
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