Tri″fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trifled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trifling (?).] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker.
To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.