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noun
A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bag of shells, bagatelle, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird, fico, fig, flamfew, flyspeck, minuity, niff-naff, picayune, scuddick, sop, ticky-tack, toy, trick, trifle, triviality, whiffle, white chip
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, literature, media, music, publishing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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noun
a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bar billiards
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: table game
noun
something of little value or significance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fluff, frippery, frivolity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
noun
a light piece of music for piano
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.
Across languages
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
