תִּפְלוּת, תִּי׳ f. (תָּפַל; v. תִּפְלָה) frivolity, trivialness; obscenity. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵈ top, v. בְּכִיָּה. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵃ top; Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵈ top קרע של ת׳ a wanton rent in a garment (without any religious significance); Bab. M. Kat. 22ᵇ. Num. R. s. 4²⁰ כל העם … ובנו עונה דברים של ת׳ all the people said Halleluiah after the reader, and his son spoke some frivolous words. Ib. s. 10³ עובדי … בדברי ת׳ when the gentiles eat and drink, they engage in indecent talk. Ruth R. to I, 14; Ex. R. s. 5, a. e. כל נשיקות של ת׳ הן וכ׳ all kissing is of a frivolous nature, except the kiss of homage &c., v. נְשִׁיקָה. Sot. III, 4 כל המלמד … מלמדה ת׳ he who teaches his daughter the Law, is like teaching her obscenity (because the laws concerning sexual aberrations may excite her sensuality). Ib. רוצה אשה בקב ות׳ וכ׳ a woman prefers a Kab (scanty living) connected with license, to nine Kabs with the restrictions of chastity; Keth. 62ᵇ; a. fr.