fribble
to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
to waste foolishly (often followed by away): He fribbled away one opportunity after another.
frivolous; foolish; trifling.
Origin of fribble
1Other words from fribble
- fribbler, noun
Words Nearby fribble
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How to use fribble in a sentence
Somehow, she found it difficult to imagine a friendship between Godfrey and this little fribble of a woman.
What Timmy Did | Marie Adelaide Belloc LowndesNor can such a person be a mere fribble; nor can any loose hanger-on of fashion imagine he may assume the character.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace ThackerayAnd so he became a priest, a fribble, and a coxcomb, but a man of truth.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeBut I might say that she is in fulness a woman—not a fribble, or one of those pick-me-up-and-carry-me women.
War and the Weird | Forbes PhillipsHe ought to have been taken about the country in order to show the world the true meaning of a fribble and a beau.
The Lady of Lynn | Walter Besant
British Dictionary definitions for fribble
/ (ˈfrɪbəl) /
(tr) to fritter away; waste
(intr) to act frivolously; trifle
a wasteful or frivolous person or action
frivolous; trifling
Origin of fribble
1Derived forms of fribble
- fribbler, noun
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