piffle

Meaning

Noun

Nonsense, foolish talk.

Verb

1. To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
2. To waste, to fritter away.
3. (dated) To be squeamish or delicate.

Synonyms

twaddle

chatter

prattle

maunder

gibber

clack

balderdash

gabble

tattle

tittle-tattle

blabber

palaver

prate

drool

nonsense

blab

baloney

fiddle-faddle

taradiddle

tarradiddle

claptrap

stuff

boloney

idly

immunity

inanity

jabber

moonshine

mumble

mumbo jumbo

mush

abracadabra

pap

puerility

rigamarole

rot

rubbish

shenanigan

silliness

splutter

sputter

stupidity

talk

🗣️

arse around

trumpery

blatherskite

stuff and nonsense

tommy rot

Irish bull

nonsensicalness

Translations

quatschen

cicalare

babiller

baragouin

μωρολογώ

cianciare

schwatzen

xerrar

quasseln

garlar

plappern

Unsinn

bavarder

chiacchierare

onzin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪf.əl/

Etymology

Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).