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kill time
[tahym]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, consume time, fritter away time, have leisure, idle away time, pass the time, sit on one's hands, summer, while away the time |
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
| Synonyms: | be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, idle, kill time, knock around, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |
| Antonyms: | achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, fritter away, goldbrick, goof off, idle, kill time, laze, loaf, loiter, loll, pass time, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waste time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle away time |
| Synonyms: | burn daylight, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, fiddle about, fritter away time, goof off, kill time, linger, loiter, lollygag, lose time, pass the time, piddle, procrastinate, shilly-shally, take one's own sweet time, take one's time, tarry, while away the time |
| Main Entry: | laze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, kill time, knock around, let down, lie, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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