as in trivialities
something of little importance
let us not speak of trifles when our nation may be going to war
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as in flirts
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you
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as in plays
to spend time in aimless activity
spent a lazy afternoon trifling on the front porch
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Verb
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In the middle of all this, Alexa and Lino remain pretty steadfast in their commitment to each other (except when Lino occasionally gets the urge to cheat and flirts with Alex, who turns him down every time).—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025 -
This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As plumes of thick smoke rose over Tehran, Israel was attacked with yet another barrage of Iranian missiles and drones.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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If each particle of light could leave a smoke trail in its wake, a right-handed screw of smoke would emerge from one prism and a left-handed screw from another.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Here are seven small beer festivals worth visiting: Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival About 70 of the best breweries from around the world present their beers each year at the Paso Robles Event Center, at the end of May or beginning of June.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Trifles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trifles. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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