an article or thing of very little value.

a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.

a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money.

a small quantity or amount of anything; a little

She's still a trifle angry.

a literary, musical, or artistic work of a light or trivial character having no great or lasting merit; bagatelle.

a kind of pewter of medium hardness.

trifles, articles made of this.

English Cookery . a dessert usually consisting of custard and cake soaked in wine or liqueur, and jam, fruit, or the like.

to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect

Don't trifle with me!

to play or toy by handling or fingering

He sat trifling with a pen.

to act or talk in an idle or frivolous way.

to pass time idly or frivolously; waste time; idle.

to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously (usually fol. by away ).

noun

lot

noun

bagatelle , bauble , bibelot , curio , gewgaw , knickknack , nothing * , novelty , objet d’art , plaything , toy , trinket , triviality , whatnot , bit , dash , diddly , drop , eyelash , fly speck , fraction , hint , jot , little , no big deal , particle , picayune * , piece , pinch , shade , smack , soupon , speck , spice , spot , squat , suggestion , suspicion , touch , trace , fiddle-faddle , frippery , frivolity , froth , minutia , nonsense , small change , small potatoes , gimcrack , crumb , dab , dot , dram , fragment , grain , iota , minim , mite , modicum , molecule , ort , ounce , scrap , scruple , shred , smidgen , tittle , whit , desipience , doit , flotsam and jetsam , folderol , geegaw , inconsequence , kickshaw , minutiae , negligibility , nihility , nothingness , quelque-chose , quibble , quiddity , subtlety

verb

amuse oneself , be insincere , coquet , dabble , dally , dawdle , dilly-dally * , doodle , fidget , flirt , fool , fool around * , fool with , fribble * , fritter , futz around , horse around * , idle , indulge in , lead on , loiter , lollygag , lounge , mess with , misuse , monkey , monkey with , palter , philander , play , play games with , play with , potter , putter , squander , string along * , toy , twiddle , use up , wanton , waste , waste time , wink at * , tinker , bagatelle , bauble , bit , dash , deceive , dessert , dibble , do it , drop , fiddle , fribble , frivol , gewgaw , gimcrack , hair , hint , jest , jot , knickknack , little , minutia , nothing , novelty , pinch , plaything , pother , quiddle , snippet , sou , speck , suggestion , touch , trace , trick , trinket , triviality

phrasal verb

dawdle , fiddle away , kill , waste , while , wile , consume , dissipate , fool away , fritter away , riot away , squander , throw away