fritter+away+time

  • 31fool away — or[fritter away] {v.}, {informal} To waste foolishly. * /Paul failed history because he fooled away his time instead of studying./ * /The man won a lot of money, but he soon frittered it away and was poor again./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32fool away — or[fritter away] {v.}, {informal} To waste foolishly. * /Paul failed history because he fooled away his time instead of studying./ * /The man won a lot of money, but he soon frittered it away and was poor again./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 33fiddle away — transitive verb Date: 1667 to fritter away < fiddling away the time > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34fiddle away — transitive verb : to waste or fritter away he fiddled away his time and strength …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35loiter away — transitive verb also loiter out : to spend (time) in an idle aimless way : fritter away loitered away the whole afternoon …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36Frittered — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Frittering — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38fribble — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Sunday painter, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, airy, amateur, asinine, bagatelle, bauble, bean, beau, beguile the time, bibelot, bit, blade, blood, boulevardier, brass farthing, bric a&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39potter — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, ceramicist, ceramist, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dally away, diddle, diddle away, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, enamelist, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with …

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  • 40trifle — Synonyms and related words: Charlotte, Danish pastry, French pastry, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, abandon, bagatelle, baklava, bauble, be foolish, be stupid, bean, beguile the time, bibelot, bill and coo, bit, blintz, brass&#8230; …

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