n. A jest; a joke; a pleasantry.n. A trick; a fraud; a lie.n. An idle speech or tale; vain or foolish talk; twaddle; nonsense; absurdity.n. Anything of slight value or moment; a paltry matter; an insignificant fact, circumstance, object, amount, etc.: often used in the adverbial phrase a trifle: as, to feel a trifle annoyed.n. A dish or confection consisting mainly of whipped cream or some light substitute, as the beaten whites of eggs, and usually containing fruit or almonds, and cake or pastry soaked in wine or brandy.n. Common pewter, such as is used for ordinary utensils, composed of eighty parts of tin and twenty of lead.To jest; make sport; hence, to use mockery; treat something with derision, flippancy, or a lack of proper respect; often followed by with.To use trickery or deception; cheat; lie.To talk or act idly; busy one's self with trivial or useless things; act frivolously; waste one's time; dally; idle.To play, as by lightly handling or touching something; toy.To turn into jest or sport; hence, to treat lightly or flippantly; play with.To spend on trifles; pass idly or foolishly; waste; fritter: often followed by away.To utter or perform lightly or carelessly.To reduce to a trifle; make trivial or of no importance.