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A thing of little value or importance
“It is true that this production is a literary trifle, but it is not altogether a useless trifle.”
An object of minor value
“It was a cheap trifle, made not of silver, but tin, with no ornamenting jewels.”
A small amount of something
“I'm getting just a trifle too old for such frantic scramblings as this morning's little fray.”
A ridiculously small amount
“The fine imposed is but a trifle compared to his immense wealth.”
The quality of being negligible
Senseless talk or writing
Trifling peanuts or chicken feed
A small or trivial annoyance
Something that is given as charity, especially a sum of money
A state or quantity that has no value or significance, below absolute absence or unreality
To treat without seriousness or respect
“This is too serious a matter to trifle with, and it's too heartfelt an issue.”
To behave or spend time in a frivolous way
“His antipathy to legal studies led him to trifle away in the most gentlemanly and unsatisfactory manner.”
To waste something frivolously
“It concerns every man, who will not trifle away his soul, and fool himself into irrecoverable misery.”
To act flirtatiously
“Christopher countered by saying he was hardly going to trifle with his best friend's sister, and he was certainly not some rake who would play her false.”
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
To deceive or fool someone
To talk much and to little purpose
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