fritter+away+time

  • 51dabble — Synonyms and related words: asperge, be innocent of, bedabble, bedew, beguile the time, bespatter, besprinkle, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, coquet with, dally, damp, dampen, dash, dew, diddle, dip, doodle, douche, fiddle, fiddle with,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 52doodle — Synonyms and related words: ass, bagpipe, beat, beguile the time, bilk, black and white, blow, blow a horn, born fool, brouillon, buffoon, bugle, burn daylight, carillon, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, charcoal drawing, cheat, chiaroscuro, chisel,… …

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  • 53piddle — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle,… …

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  • 54putter — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, diddle, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away… …

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  • 55linger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. delay, dally, loiter, dawdle, poke; remain, persist. See lateness, durability, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To go reluctantly] Syn. tarry, stay, wait, saunter, lag, trail, hesitate, delay, plod …

    English dictionary for students

  • 56doodle — (v.) scrawl aimlessly, 1935, from dial. doodle, dudle fritter away time, trifle, or associated with DAWDLE (Cf. dawdle). It was a noun meaning simple fellow from 1620s. LONGFELLOW: That s a name we made up back home for people who make foolish… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 57Goof off — daydream; fritter away time …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 58goof off — Australian Slang daydream; fritter away time …

    English dialects glossary

  • 59dabble — I. v. a. Wet, spatter, sprinkle, moisten, dip, soak. II. v. n. 1. Play in water, splash about. 2. Work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away time. 3. Tamper, meddle, take liberties …

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  • 60goof — /guf / (say goohf), /gʊf / (say goof) Colloquial –noun 1. a foolish or stupid person. –verb (i) 2. to blunder; slip up: *I goofed on that one. –sutton woodfield, 1960. –verb (t) 3. to swallow (a drug, as amphetamine). –phrase 4. goof around, to… …