Definitions of trifle
British English : trifle Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit gelatin, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream. NOUN...a bowl of trifle.dessert
noun
- a thing of little or no value or significance
- a small amount; bit ⇒ a trifle more enthusiasm
- (British ) a cold dessert made with sponge cake spread with jam or fruit, soaked in wine or sherry, covered with a custard sauce and cream, and decorated
- a type of pewter of medium hardness
- articles made from this pewter
verb
- (intransitive) usually foll by with to deal (with) as if worthless; dally ⇒ to trifle with a person's affections
- to waste (time) frivolously