idle+away+time

  • 51fiddle — I. n. Violin. II. v. n. 1. Play on a fiddle. 2. Trifle, dawdle, lose, time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 52dally — v. n. 1. Trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time. 2. Fondle, toy, interchange caresses …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 53mooch — Verb. 1. To idle away time, to loaf around. E.g. The kids were just mooching about the streets looking for something to do. 2. To amble along, to walk casually. 3. To play truant. Welsh use Noun. 1. The idling away of time. 2. The act of ambling… …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 54loaf — I [[t]loʊf[/t]] n. pl. loaves (lōvz). 1) coo a portion of bread or cake usu. baked in an oblong mass with a rounded top 2) coo a shaped or molded mass of food, as of chopped meat: a veal loaf[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 950; ME lo(o)f, OE hlāf loaf,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55fuck about / around — Verb. To mess about, to idle away time, to waste time. The about may be substituted by around. E.g. There was no time for fucking about, we had to get to the airport to catch our flight home …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 56dabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. splash, spatter; patter, trifle, fritter away. See water, inactivity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trifle with, putter, fiddle with, dip into, engage in superficially, amuse oneself with, dally, flirt with …

    English dictionary for students

  • 57Truant — Tru ant, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. Shak. [1913 Webster] By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. Lowell. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58piss-ball around — Verb. To idle away time, to mess around. E.g. Isn t it about time you did some work, as you ve been piss balling around all morning …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 59sod about / around — Verb. To waste time, to idle away time. E.g. My son needs to find himself a job, he s been sodding about playing computer games for the last 6 months and sleeping 15 hours a day …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 60truant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, vagabond, idler, from Anglo French, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish trógán wretch, trúag wretched Date: 14th century one who shirks duty; especially one who stays out of school without permission II.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary