| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, whit. Chiefly British : spot. See BIG. 2. A small showy article: bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, toy, trinket, whatnot. See THING. 3. Something or things that are unimportant: fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trivia, triviality. See IMPORTANT, SURFACE. | | VERB: | 1. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion: fiddle, fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, twiddle. See TOUCH. 2. To make amorous advances without serious intentions: coquet, dally, flirt, toy. See SEX. 3. To treat lightly or flippantly: dally, flirt, play, toy. See WORK. | | PHRASAL VERB: | trifle away To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work: dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill1, waste, while (away), wile (away). See INDUSTRIOUS. trifle away To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, waste. Slang : blow1. See SAVE.
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