noun
- nonsense; foolish or trivial talk
Usage: informal
interjection
- used to express dismissal or contempt for something considered nonsensical
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t listen to his theories about aliens – it’s all piffle.
- The politician’s speech was nothing but piffle and empty promises.
- Piffle! That’s the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.
- She dismissed his complaints as mere piffle.
- The book was full of piffle about get-rich-quick schemes.
- When he started talking about conspiracy theories, I knew it was piffle.
- Piffle and nonsense – there’s no truth to those rumors.