Definition of Piffling

1. Adjective. (informal) small and of little importance. "Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"


Definition of Piffling

1. Verb. (present participle of piffle) ¹

2. Adjective. unimportant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Piffling

1. piffle [v] - See also: piffle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piffling

piezoresistive
piezoresistive effect
piezoresistive effects
piezoresistivity
piezoresponse
piezotransducer
piezotropy
piffara
piffero
pifferos
piffle
piffled
piffler
pifflers
piffles
piffling (current term)
piffy on a rock bun
pifithrin
pig's ears
pig's trotter
pig-a-back
pig-headed
pig-headedly
pig-jawed
pig-nose turtle
pig-nose turtles
pig-nosed turtle

Literary usage of Piffling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Trifling; as ' A piffling fellow,' or ' He's only piffling about.' N'hamp., Leic. Pig-meat, sb. Meat, which is not bacon, from a bacon-pig. Glouc., Wore. ..."

2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Trifling ; as ' A piffling fellow,' or ' He's only piffling about.' N'hamp., Leic. Pig-meat, ab. Meat, which is not bacon, from a bacon-pig. Glouc., Wore. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The whole merit of a pass consists in its being well-timed and advancing matters; needless "piffling" passing is unprofitable. When drawing an opponent, ..."

4. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... paltry, piddling, insignificant, piffling, frivolous. trifling, n. piddling, frivolity, piffle, dalliance, quibbling, piffling. trim, a. spruce, smart; ..."

5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Piercer, sb. a gimlet. Cotg. has " Vrille, a gimblett or piercer." piffling, part. adj. employed in little trifling occupations. ..."

6. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"piffling, part. adj. employed in little trifling occupations. ... He'd use to he piffling about the farm-yard.' Pig together, vn, plir. to lie or sleep ..."

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