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piffles

verb

present tense third-person singular of piffle
as in screws up

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  1. screws up
  2. blunders
  3. boots
  4. muddles
  5. murders
  6. boggles
  7. botches
  8. damages
Verb
  • But what really screws up Julia are the deliveries.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Kyle tries to jump up the wall, lands awkwardly, and screws up his ankle.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of screws up
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  • And then Ron somehow blunders his way into getting the number jacked up to $100,000 in return for their silence.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of blunders
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  • Olise always takes it and boots the ball straight out of play.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Dominic Zvada boots a 31-yard field goal to give the Wolverines the lead.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
Definition of boots
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  • Our driving-city culture necessarily muddles or fuses the definitions of restaurant and bar.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Archipelago muddles on for fifty years until the Lough’s beset by an ecological crisis.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of muddles
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  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of murders
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  • Why someone would want a plush Javert, even in bear form, boggles the mind.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026
  • Just thinking about how much true, false, and plain crazy stuff has been written about you boggles the mind.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Definition of boggles
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  • In clinical environments bound by federal regulations and ethics guidelines, an LLM that hallucinates an endpoint or botches eligibility criteria does not just cause a minor hiccup.
    — Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Then the candidate, unfamiliar with some far-away region of the world, botches it.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of botches
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  • If a storm damages your air conditioner, insurance may apply.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Alcohol also contributes to oxidative stress, which damages DNA, proteins and cell function and creates inflammation.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of damages
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