fribble

  • 11fribble — /ˈfrɪbəl/ (say fribuhl) noun Obsolete 1. a frivolous person: *Flirt, fribble, and shrew as she was, Julia Vickers had displayed … that glowing courage which women of her nature at times possess. –marcus clarke, 1874. 2. a trivial matter or thing …

  • 12Fribble-Grommet — An imaginary item. (A widget before it became a programming term). The inventory system will track all of the widgets and fribble grommets that come into the warehouse …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 13Fribble-Grommet — An imaginary item. (A widget before it became a programming term). The inventory system will track all of the widgets and fribble grommets that come into the warehouse …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 14fribble — fribbler, n. /frib euhl/, v., fribbled, fribbling, n., adj. v.i. 1. to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle. v.t. 2. to waste foolishly (often fol. by away): He fribbled away one opportunity after another. n. 3. a foolish or frivolous… …

    Universalium

  • 15fribble — 1. verb a) To waste or fritter. b) To behave in a frivolous way. 2. adjective of no or little importance, frivolous …

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  • 16fribble — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Sunday painter, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, airy, amateur, asinine, bagatelle, bauble, bean, beau, beguile the time, bibelot, bit, blade, blood, boulevardier, brass farthing, bric a… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17fribble — n. frivolousness; trivialness; frivolous person; something trifling and unimportant v. behave frivolously, trifle; spend foolishly …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18fribble — noun informal a foolish or inconsequential person or thing. Origin C17: symbolic, from the earlier (now obs.) verb meaning stammer …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19fribble — v 1. trifle, toy, play, fool, Sl. monkey around; dabble, putter, potter, piddle. 2. waste away, fritter away, fool away, trifle away, dribble away, Inf. diddle away. n 3. trifler, dallier, dabbler, potterer, putterer, piddler. 4. trifle,… …

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  • 20fribble — frib·ble …

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