Usually means: Nonsensical talk; trivial, senseless chatter.
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  1. piffle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. piffle: Merriam-Webster
  3. piffle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. piffle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. piffle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. piffle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Piffle, piffle: Wordnik
  8. piffle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. piffle: Wiktionary
  10. piffle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. piffle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. piffle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Piffle, piffle: Dictionary.com
  14. piffle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. piffle: Rhymezone
  16. piffle: FreeDictionary.org
  17. piffle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. piffle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piffle: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. piffle (!): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. piffle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Nonsense, foolish talk.
verb:  To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
verb:  To waste, to fritter away.
verb:  (dated) To be squeamish or delicate.

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