Noun

• S: (n) balderdash (balderdash%1:10:00::), fiddle-faddle (fiddle-faddle%1:10:00::), piffle (piffle%1:10:00::) (trivial nonsense)

Verb

• S: (v) chatter (chatter%2:32:00::), piffle (piffle%2:32:00::), palaver (palaver%2:32:02::), prate (prate%2:32:00::), tittle-tattle (tittle-tattle%2:32:00::), twaddle (twaddle%2:32:00::), clack (clack%2:32:00::), maunder (maunder%2:32:01::), prattle (prattle%2:32:00::), blab (blab%2:32:02::), gibber (gibber%2:32:00::), tattle (tattle%2:32:00::), blabber (blabber%2:32:00::), gabble (gabble%2:32:00::) (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
• S: (v) piffle (piffle%2:29:00::) (act in a trivial or ineffective way)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) act (act%2:29:00::), behave (behave%2:29:00::), do (do%2:29:09::) (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself) "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
• S: (v) act involuntarily (act_involuntarily%2:29:00::), act reflexively (act_reflexively%2:29:00::) (act in an uncontrolled manner)
• S: (v) fall over backwards (fall_over_backwards%2:29:00::), bend over backwards (bend_over_backwards%2:29:00::) (try very hard to please someone) "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"
• S: (v) presume (presume%2:29:00::) (take liberties or act with too much confidence)
• S: (v) vulgarize (vulgarize%2:29:00::), vulgarise (vulgarise%2:29:00::) (act in a vulgar manner) "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
• S: (v) optimize (optimize%2:29:00::), optimise (optimise%2:29:00::) (act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world)
• S: (v) quack (quack%2:29:00::) (act as a medical quack or a charlatan)
• S: (v) menace (menace%2:29:00::) (act in a threatening manner) "A menacing person"
• S: (v) make (make%2:29:08::) (act in a certain way so as to acquire) "make friends"; "make enemies"
• S: (v) swagger (swagger%2:29:00::), bluster (bluster%2:29:00::), swash (swash%2:29:00::) (act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner)
• S: (v) freeze (freeze%2:29:02::) (suddenly behave coldly and formally) "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
• S: (v) wanton (wanton%2:29:00::) (behave extremely cruelly and brutally)
• S: (v) romanticize (romanticize%2:29:00::) (act in a romantic way)
• S: (v) sentimentalise (sentimentalise%2:29:00::), sentimentalize (sentimentalize%2:29:00::), sentimentize (sentimentize%2:29:00::), sentimentise (sentimentise%2:29:00::) (act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression)
• S: (v) bungle (bungle%2:29:00::) (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly) "I bungled it!"
• S: (v) play (play%2:29:00::), toy (toy%2:29:00::) (engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously) "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
• S: (v) act (act%2:29:01::), play (play%2:29:01::), act as (act_as%2:29:00::) (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind) "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
• S: (v) stooge (stooge%2:29:00::) (act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner) "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"
• S: (v) joke (joke%2:29:00::), jest (jest%2:29:00::) (act in a funny or teasing way)
• S: (v) piffle (piffle%2:29:00::) (act in a trivial or ineffective way)
• S: (v) make (make%2:29:06::) (behave in a certain way) "make merry"
• S: (v) make as if (make_as_if%2:29:00::) (begin or appear to begin an action) "He made as if to shake my hand"
• S: (v) break down (break_down%2:37:00::), lose it (lose_it%2:37:00::), snap (snap%2:37:00::) (lose control of one's emotions) "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
• S: (v) dally (dally%2:38:00::), dawdle (dawdle%2:38:04::) (waste time) "Get busy--don't dally!"
• S: (v) backslap (backslap%2:41:00::) (display excessive cordiality (towards)) "he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings"
• S: (v) hugger mugger (hugger_mugger%2:41:00::) (act stealthily or secretively)
• S: (v) sauce (sauce%2:41:00::) (behave saucily or impudently towards)
• S: (v) footle (footle%2:41:00::) (act foolishly, as by talking nonsense)
• S: (v) frivol (frivol%2:41:00::), trifle (trifle%2:41:00::) (act frivolously)
• S: (v) swell (swell%2:41:00::), puff up (puff_up%2:41:00::) (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger) "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
• S: (v) follow (follow%2:41:10::) (accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of) "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"
• S: (v) relax (relax%2:41:02::), loosen up (loosen_up%2:41:02::) (become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner) "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
• S: (v) ramp (ramp%2:42:00::), rage (rage%2:42:01::), storm (storm%2:42:00::) (behave violently, as if in state of a great anger)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame