piffle
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Definition of piffle
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piffle
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Synonyms for piffle
Synonyms: Noun
applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nonsense, nuts, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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Examples of piffle in a Sentence
Noun
His story is complete piffle. the belief that soda is made out of acid is just piffleRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Though often dismissed as superstitious piffle, ghosts have proved surprisingly durable. — The Economist, "The evolution of the ghost," 28 Oct. 2017 This is music for thinking adults, a welcome antidote to the puerile piffle that currently dominates the airwaves. — Randy Lewis, latimes.com, "Don Henley on Randy Newman: 'The most misunderstood and underappreciated recording artist alive'," 4 Aug. 2017 And how much nicer a sentence that is than all that life-ruining piffle about the atopic character of literary space, an indigestible confection that deserves to be tossed from one of Loving’s trains, to languish by the wayside forever. — Simon Winchester, New York Times, "Hollywood: ‘Stanley Kubrick and Me,’ and More JUNE 1, 2016," 1 June 2016 Rihanna’s involvement in this piece of joyful piffle is a sign of a few important trends in pop. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Summer of Cornball Superproducers," 5 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'piffle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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