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. 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

applesauce

blather

bunk

bunkum

chat

cobblers

crock

double talk

drivel

fatuity

fatuousness

fiddlesticks

folderol

fool around

foolery

foolishness

garbage

🗑️

gobbledygook

guff

hogwash

hooey

hot air

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪf.əl/

Etymology

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