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Look up: bagatelle

  1. bagatelle
    [n] - a light piece of music for piano 2. [n] - something of little value or significance 3. [n] - (British) a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Bagatelle
    Bag`a·telle' (băg`ȧ*tĕl') noun [ French, from Italian bagatella ; confer Prov. Italian bagata trifle, Old French bague , Pr. bagua , bundle. See Bag , noun ] 1.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/5

  3. bagatelle
    noun a light piece of music for piano
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. bagatelle
    bar billiards noun 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
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. bagatelle
    fluff noun something of little value or significance
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Bagatelle
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. bagatelle
    game, probably of English origin, that is similar to billiards and was probably a modification of it. Bagatelle is played with billiard cues and nine ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/6

  8. Bagatelle
    A bagatelle is a short, lightweight instrumental piece in music, usually for keyboard: a mere trifle. The term is first found in 1717 in one of Couperin's keyboard suites. Ludwig van Beethoven's three sets of keyboard bagatelles (not all of which are 'trifling') gave the term greater currency. Webern wrote Six
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. bagatelle
    • a light piece of music for piano
    • something of little value or significance
    • (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

    Found on

  10. Bagatelle
    Bagatelle is a game played on a long flat board or table, varying in length between six and teen feet and in breadth from 1.5 to 3 feet, with a semicircular far end, covered with cloth like a billiard-table. The game is played with spherical balls and a cue or mace. At the end of the board or table ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. bagatelle
    (music) In music, a short character piece, often for piano
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. bagatelle
    table game similar to bar billiards 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.
    Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  13. Bagatelle
    `Bagatelle` (from the Château de Bagatelle) is an indoor table game related to billiards, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the nineteenth century) past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. It probably developed from the table made with raised sides for `trou ma...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagatelle

  14. Bagatelle
    (music) A `bagatelle` is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The name `bagatelle` literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece. Earliest known bagatelle: The earliest use of the name "ba...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagatelle

  15. Bagatelle
    (band) `Bagatelle` are an Irish rock band who first formed in August 1978.<ref name="Last.fm">http://www.last.fm/music/Bagatelle--> They are well known for their popular pop hits such as `Second Violin` and other traditional Irish songs such as "Summer in Dublin". Forme...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagatelle



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