Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piffle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Piffling}.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or
Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piffle \Pif"fle\, n.
Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle.
[Dial. or Slang] ``Futile piffle.'' --Kipling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piffle
n : trivial nonsense [syn: {balderdash}, {fiddle-faddle}]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle},
{clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab}, {gibber}, {tattle},
{blabber}, {gabble}]
2: act in a trivial or ineffective way
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