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fribbles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fribble
as in plays
to spend time in aimless activity somehow, he managed to spend the whole morning fribbling instead of doing his assigned work

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fribbles

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noun

plural of fribble
as in two bits

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fribbles
  1. plays
  2. bunk
  3. hangs about
  4. nonsense
  5. follies
  6. claptrap
  7. rot
  8. trivia
Verb
  • This time, Miles Teller plays the father, an out-of-work engineer who is convinced by his ex-cop brother (Adam Driver) to go into business with a group of Russian importers working out of Gowanus.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Then, two plays later Baugh burst through the line and outran everybody for a 33-yard TD and 27-17 lead.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of plays
Noun
  • This features two single beds in a bunk-style layout, along with some storage shelving.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two-thirds of the building had been converted into sleeping barracks, with double-decker bunks crowded one against the other.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of bunk
Verb
  • Though the sisters are supposedly first-generation Italian American, no whiff of the old country hangs about Kay; Dorothy will at least spit out a few words in Italian.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Turquoise pearl, and azure line the space, and a cylindrical hanging light sculpture made of hundreds of white and gold ceramic fish hangs about the lounge seating area.
    — Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of hangs about
Noun
  • The other two, the no-nonsense Clara (Ayanna Nicole Thomas) and the all-nonsense Farley (Gabriel Marcus Omlor), have a subplot of their own.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ziegler says his team may find that a model produces nonsense under an unusual formatting request or that an external safety checker needs to intervene more frequently.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • Compounded by the sudden passing of Lily’s grandfather—which renders her initial motivation to study Mandarin moot—these follies only deepen beneath a veil of complicated mourning.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The broader opportunity costs of the United States’ Middle Eastern follies are even more insidious.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of follies
Noun
  • The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That’s in contrast with Andrew’s lexicon of touchy-feely claptrap, all seemingly declarations of support and empathy but, ultimately, hollow.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of claptrap
Noun
  • If The Social Network was about the people who laid Facebook’s foundation, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up, The Social Reckoning, is about the whistleblower and the journalist who exposed the rot in its infrastructure.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The outer layers of the bulb must dry sufficiently to protect the interior portion from rot and mildew.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of rot
Noun
  • Fans of trivia like to say that caring so deeply about these facts at a time of disinformation and anti-intellectualism is an act of defiance—that picking up trivia is a way to keep knowledge from being disappeared.
    — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • After touring the school, McMahon led an assembly centered on American-history trivia.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of trivia
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“Fribbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fribbles. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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