Associations to the word «Piffle»

Wiktionary

PIFFLE, noun. Nonsense, foolish talk.
PIFFLE, verb. To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
PIFFLE, verb. To waste, to fritter away.
PIFFLE, verb. (dated) To be squeamish or delicate.

Dictionary definition

PIFFLE, noun. Trivial nonsense.
PIFFLE, verb. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
PIFFLE, verb. Act in a trivial or ineffective way.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams