bagatelle

/ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/

noun

  1. 1

    A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

  2. 2

    A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.

  3. 3

    A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.

  4. 4

    Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.

verb

  1. 1

    To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.

  2. 2

    To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.

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