pikkujuttu — meaning in English

English meaning

• snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
• trifle noun A British dessert layered with sponge cake, custard, fruit, jelly, and whipped cream.

Senses

pikkujuttu is used for these senses in English:

• small fry (idiomatic) One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
• snap A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
• trifle (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

snap — full definition

1. verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
2. verb To speak suddenly and sharply, often out of irritation.
3. noun A quick photograph.
4. adjective Made suddenly, without much thought or planning.

trifle — full definition

1. noun A British dessert layered with sponge cake, custard, fruit, jelly, and whipped cream.
2. noun Something of little importance or value.
3. verb To treat something, or someone, without proper seriousness.

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