Bagatelle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bagatelle \Bag`a*telle"\ (b[a^]g`[.a]*t[e^]l"), n. [F., fr. It.
     bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua,
     bundle. See {Bag}, n.]
     1. A trifle; a thing of no importance.
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              Rich trifles, serious bagatelles.     --Prior.
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     2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups
        or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by
        a rod held in the hand of the player.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bagatelle
       n 1: a light piece of music for piano
       2: something of little value or significance [syn: {fluff}, {frippery},
           {frivolity}]
       3: 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 [syn: {bar billiards}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "bagatelle":
     a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bauble, bean,
     bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, curio, farce, farthing,
     feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw,
     gimcrack, hair, halfpenny, hardly anything, hill of beans, jest,
     joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, mere nothing, minikin,
     mockery, molehill, next to nothing, peppercorn, picayune, pin,
     pinch of snuff, pinprick, rap, red cent, row of pins, rush, shit,
     snap, sneeshing, sou, straw, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality,
     tuppence, two cents, twopence, whim-wham