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Bagatelle

Bagatelle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bagatelle? [n] (British) 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 [n] something of little value or significance [n] a light piece of music for piano Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bagatelle: bar billiards \| fluff \| frippery \| frivolity Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| composition \| musical composition \| opus \| piece \| piece of music \| stuff \| sundries \| sundry \| table game \| whatchamacallit \| whatsis Bagatelle In Webster's Dictionary \Bag`a*telle"\, 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. Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. --Prior. 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.

Bagatelle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bagatelle?

[n] (British) 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
[n] something of little value or significance
[n] a light piece of music for piano

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bagatelle: bar billiards | fluff | frippery | frivolity

Bagatelle In Webster's Dictionary

\Bag`a*telle"\, 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.

         Rich trifles, serious bagatelles.     --Prior.

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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