Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to piffle
Participle: piffled
Gerund: piffling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | piffle |
| you | piffle |
| he;she;it | piffles |
| we | piffle |
| you | piffle |
| they | piffle |
Perfect
| I | have piffled |
| you | have piffled |
| he;she;it | has piffled |
| we | have piffled |
| you | have piffled |
| they | have piffled |
Past
| I | piffled |
| you | piffled |
| he;she;it | piffled |
| we | piffled |
| you | piffled |
| they | piffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had piffled |
| you | had piffled |
| he;she;it | had piffled |
| we | had piffled |
| you | had piffled |
| they | had piffled |
Future
| I | will piffle |
| you | will piffle |
| he;she;it | will piffle |
| we | will piffle |
| you | will piffle |
| they | will piffle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have piffled |
| you | will have piffled |
| he;she;it | will have piffled |
| we | will have piffled |
| you | will have piffled |
| they | will have piffled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | piffle |
| you | piffle |
| he;she;it | piffle |
| we | piffle |
| you | piffle |
| they | piffle |
Perfect
| I | have piffled |
| you | have piffled |
| he;she;it | have piffled |
| we | have piffled |
| you | have piffled |
| they | have piffled |
Imperfect
| I | piffled |
| you | piffled |
| he;she;it | piffled |
| we | piffled |
| you | piffled |
| they | piffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had piffled |
| you | had piffled |
| he;she;it | had piffled |
| we | had piffled |
| you | had piffled |
| they | had piffled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would piffle |
| you | would piffle |
| he;she;it | would piffle |
| we | would piffle |
| you | would piffle |
| they | would piffle |
Perfect
| I | would have piffled |
| you | would have piffled |
| he;she;it | would have piffled |
| we | would have piffled |
| you | would have piffled |
| they | would have piffled |
Imperative
| you | piffle |
| we | Let's piffle |
| you | piffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'piffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'piffle'
niffle,
riffle,
siffle,
baffle,
buffle,
coffle,
faffle,
fuffle,
gaffle,
haffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).
Sample Sentences