The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - triflen.

1) knick-knack, trinket, bauble, bagatelle, toy, gewgaw, nothing, plaything, b€tise, Colloq doodah: Oh, it's nothing, just a trifle I picked up in the Seychelles. 2) little, bit, drop, iota, scintilla, suggestion, dash, dab, pinch, whiff, mite, whit, jot, tittle, Colloq smidgen or smidgin, US tad: I'd like a trifle more sugar in my coffee, if you don't mind. --v. 3) Usually, trifle with. dally (with) , flirt (with) , wanton (with) , mess about (with) , toy (with) ; play (with) , fiddle (with) , dandle, tinker (with) , fidget (with) : I hated to see the way he trifled with my sister's affections. While trifling with this knob, I was able to get Radio Moscow.