fribble 1 of 2

verb

ˈfri-bəl How to pronounce fribble (audio)
Definition of fribblenext
as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity somehow, he managed to spend the whole morning fribbling instead of doing his assigned work

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fribble

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noun

as in fudge

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fribble
  1. play
  2. fudge
  3. bunk
  4. fool around
  5. nonsense
  6. hang about
  7. rot
  8. claptrap
Verb
  • Akana's mother, Joselyn, played for Hawaii from 1993-96.
    Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • As a student ambassador for Wolf Lab, Bailey plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between students and innovative learning experiences, fostering a culture of curiosity and collaboration.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of play
Noun
  • Get The Recipe 19 of 28 Chocolate Cobbler Chocolate cobbler creates layers of tender cake that are filled with pudding-like pockets of fudge.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The nose features caramel, dark chocolate, toffee fudge, dates, fig jam, charred oak, and old leather.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of fudge
Noun
  • Most top bunk injuries happen to children under 6 years old.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 7 Aug. 2024
  • An initial two-minute pan creeps from a rudimentary metal fan, over notebooks, cartons of crayons, a period toy lorry, an action man on the carpet, a small basket of marbles, a manual arm clock, to Rita, just waking up on her top bed bunk.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of bunk
Verb
  • Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Why fool around with a convention that everyone understood and practiced?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of fool around
Noun
  • And yeah, some of the items on his list are utter nonsense.
    Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • There is no nonsense in Ron Norsworthy’s gaze or tone.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of hang about
Noun
  • The Apprentice suggests that Cohn hastened whatever rot was already present in his protégé, but its early scenes portray the opposite—that Trump, at his core, was simply naive.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The material resists rust and rot, unlike metal or wood.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of rot
Noun
  • Is there a remedy for claptrap like the BMJ article?
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Mostly Rivas gets rid of distracting racist, sexist or classist claptrap in the script, annoyances that have nothing to do with its plot.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
Definition of claptrap
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