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Trifle

n.
  1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
  2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

v. i.
  1. To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
    2. To trifle with ,
    to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.

v. t.
  1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
  2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.