FRIBBLES Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Verb

There is no doubt the quality of players that managers have available plays a massive part in how expressive their style becomes but as ideas go, Luis Enrique’s use of his wide players last season definitely set PSG apart.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Propulsion capacity grows The PAC-3 MSE’s propulsion system plays a critical role during an engagement.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of plays

Noun

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
The Los Angeles Police Department released a video that shows officers at the Valley jail manhandle an uncooperative inmate who died after he was left handcuffed with a bag over his head while laying prone on the bunk in his cell.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 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 lyrics coalesced slowly, with McCartney filling the incomplete sections with nonsense phrases.

— Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Statham, who turned 59 this summer and is still in incredible shape, performs on his usual high-octane, no-time-for-nonsense level.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

The broader opportunity costs of the United States’ Middle Eastern follies are even more insidious.

— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
For example, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, perhaps the most serious attempt to eliminate fiscal follies, promised to gradually reduce federal deficits until 1991, when a balanced budget would be achieved.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 15 July 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

Hossain and her collaborators have conjured an internalized hellscape marked by sensual photography, gnarly cyst makeup, and suffocating matrimonial rituals involving turmeric and milk — all redolent with upper-class heteronormative rot.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Interestingly, though, Oppenheim doesn’t see the media as inherently corrupting; in Primetime, television is simply an empty space, and the desperation to fill it with the lowest common denominator is where the rots starts to set in.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 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

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