PIFFLING

Meaning of PIFFLING in English

adj. colloq. trivial; worthless.

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012

PIFFLING — adjective Date: 1864 of little worth or importance ; trivial
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIFFLING — -f(ə)liŋ adjective Etymology: from present participle of piffle (I) : trivial brushed aside this piffling bit of legalistic hairsplitting — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIFFLING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Piffle
Английский словарь Webster
PIFFLING — /pif"ling/ , adj. of little worth; trifling; piddling: piffling efforts. [ 1890-95; PIFFLE + -ING 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIFFLING — adj. worthless, of no value; trivial, petty; few, small in number
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PIFFLING — adjective Date: 1864 : of little worth or importance : trivial
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIFFLING — add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of piffle.
Webster English vocab
PIFFLING — ■ adjective informal trivial; unimportant.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIFFLING — [pif.fling] adj (1894): of little worth or importance: trivial
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIFFLING — / ˈpɪflɪŋ; NAmE / adjective ( informal , disapproving ) small and unimportant : piffling amounts
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIFFLING — pif ‧ fling /ˈpɪflɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective British English old-fashioned informal piffling amounts are very small and therefore useless SYN …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIFFLING — adj. colloq. trivial; worthless.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIFFLING — adj. colloq. trivial; worthless.
Oxford English vocab
PIFFLING — If you describe something as piffling , you are critical of it because it is very small or unimportant. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIFFLING — If you describe something as ~, you are critical of it because it is very small or unimportant. (INFORMAL) ...some …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PIFFLING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In Britain government finance for schools and universities did not become available - and then …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIFFLING — [adjective] [informal] - ridiculously unimportant or smallpiffling detailsa piffling amount
Cambridge English vocab
PIFFLING — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, jerkwater, measly, niggling, one-horse, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, pimping, poky, punk, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIFFLING — Adj. Meaning the same as 'piddling'. {Informal}
Slang English vocab
PIFFLING — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: PETTY 2, measly, Mickey Mouse, niggling, peddling, pettifogging, piddling, pimping, trifling, trivial
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PIFFLING — adjective Synonyms: petty 2, measly, Mickey Mouse, niggling, peddling, pettifogging, piddling, pimping, trifling, trivial
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIFFLING — adj. 25B6; adjective (informal) INADEQUATE, insufficient, tiny, small, minimal, trifling, paltry, pitiful, negligible; miserly, miserable; informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIFFLING — Ничтожный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PIFFLING — a разг. ничтожный piffling offence - несерьёзный проступок to do /to busy oneself with/ piffling jobs - заниматься пустяками /ерундой/
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PIFFLING — (a) ничтожный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PIFFLING — a разг. ничтожный ~ offence - несерьёзный проступок to do /to busy oneself with/ ~ jobs - заниматься пустяками /ерундой/
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PIFFLING — a разг. ничтожный piffling offence - несерьёзный проступок to do /to busy oneself with/ piffling jobs - заниматься пустяками /ерундой/
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PIFFLING — adj. Pronunciation: ' pi-fl ə n, -f( ə -)li ŋ Function: adjective Date: 1864 : of little worth or importance …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PIFFLING — ничтожный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
PIFFLE — I. intransitive verb (~d; piffling) Etymology: perhaps blend of piddle and trifle Date: circa 1878 to talk or act in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIFFLE — (n.) Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle.
Английский словарь Webster
PIFFLE — /pif"euhl/ , n. , v. , piffled, piffling . Informal. n. 1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk. v.i. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Английский основной разговорный словарь

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