noun

1. A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit.

2. A five-cent piece.

3. Something of very little value; a trifle.

adjective

1. Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance.

2. Small-minded; childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.

Synonyms: malicious, peevish, petty, petty, picayunish, trivial, worthless