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wastes time
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To waste time by doing nothing in particular
To be slow or unproductive at a task
To spend one's time engaging in frivolous or meaningless activity
To obstruct or delay (proposed legislation) with a filibuster
To procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
To behave or move in a listless and aimless manner
To behave or spend time in a frivolous way
To delay action until a particular time or event
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Verb
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To waste time by doing nothing in particular
dawdles
lolls
idles
dallies
lazes
bums
loafs
lazies
lounges
chills
relaxes
lollygags
hangs about
hangs around
goofs off
kills time
kicks around
kicks back
vegges out
lolls around
hacks around
fritters away time
lounges about
hangs out
twiddles thumbs
lazes about
whiles away the time
fills in time
passes the time
sits on one's hands
idles away time
idles away the hours
consumes time
amuses oneself
chills out
messes around
fritters away
whiles away time
shilly-shallies
burns daylight
does nothing in particular
loiters
dillydallies
lounges around
footles
drones
lies around
does nothing
fools around
passes time
sits around
hangs round
loafs around
loafs about
bums around
takes it easy
lingers
waits
vegetates
slacks
potters
skives
stalls
kicks your heels
mooches about
goldbricks
slows down
basks
lazes around
mooches around
tarries
saunters
procrastinates
lolls about
lies about
dilly-dallies
marks time
malingers
stands around
trifles
whiles away
knocks around
whiles away hours
putters
fritters time away
hangs
drifts
mooches
strolls
shirks
takes things easy
lets down
evades
dreams
piddles
boondoggles
fools about
plays games
puts off
fools with
trifles with
horses around
skulks
languishes
slouches
slouches around
bobs off
puddles around
molders
US
slummocks
slouches about
sits back
bats about
bludges
degenerates
goes to seed
fannies about
bats around
whiles
puddles
stagnates
moulders
UK
sits back and do nothing
rests on your oars
fritters
stays
remains
fiddles around
potters around
putters around
abides
lies
unwinds
fools away
daydreams
piddles about
vegges
whiles away the hours
piddles around
veges
dosses
dwells
roams
lives
has nothing to do
haunts
sits it out
hovers
sticks around
resides
spends time
diddles around
slacks off
mucks about
vegetizes
sprawls
reclines
futzes
chillaxes
rests
ambles
stooges
droops
moons
wanders
lies dormant
meanders
bats
creeps
messes about
puts your feet up
lies down on job
takes a break
takes a breather
takes five
dogs it
hibernates
flops about
flops around
more ❯
“Jack seems content to
waste time
on the couch holding her. He really is a wonderful man.”
Verb
▲
To be slow or unproductive at a task
dallies
lingers
dawdles
tarries
delays
loiters
dillydallies
procrastinates
piddles
dilly-dallies
takes one's time
kills time
takes too long
fiddles about
loses time
takes one's own sweet time
whiles away time
hesitates
vacillates
stalls
dithers
shilly-shallies
hums and haws
falters
fluctuates
temporizes
US
havers
swithers
staggers
temporises
UK
blows hot and cold
wavers
trifles
scruples
wobbles
marks time
hangs about
takes your time
pussyfoots around
hangs back
halts
plays a waiting game
wabbles
hems and haws
balances
hangs around
oscillates
sits on the fence
teeters
faffs about
takes time
messes around
dodges
ums and ahs
lags
stonewalls
mopes
drags
pauses
goofs off
lollygags
potters around
totters
plods
waits
pokes
uses delaying tactics
falls behind
filibusters
waits around
puts off doing something
straggles
buys time
crawls
stays put
hangs on
plays for time
lags behind
lallygags
potters about
hangs fire
drags your feet
idles
holds back
horses around
creeps
diddles
potters round
moves slowly
drags your heels
potters
goof around
puts off
shirks
drops behind
slacks
slouches
fools around
sits around
lolls
putters
defers
prevaricateth
diverts
distracts
holds over
gains time
prevaricates
beats around the bush
beats about the bush
kicks the can down the road
postpones
hedges
equivocates
avoids the issue
warms a chair
gets no place fast
hangs round
bides
more ❯
“Neither do you want to
waste time
in the exam sharpening pencils or filling fountain pens when you could be writing.”
Verb
▲
To spend one's time engaging in frivolous or meaningless activity
plays
messes around
fools about
mucks about
faffs about
lounges around
mooches around
goof around
putters around
dawdles
relaxes
amuses oneself
fribbles
hangs about
monkeys around
fiddles
loiters
lazes around
fiddles around
fools around
lolls around
potters around
kicks around
chills out
doodles
trifles
plays around
hangs around
messes about
acts the fool
fiddles about
“Why do I sometimes
waste time
playing computer games? Because I can only cope with so much work before giving myself a reward, a break from what I am doing.”
Verb
▲
To obstruct or delay (proposed legislation) with a filibuster
filibusters
delays
obstructs
procrastinates
blocks
stalls
stonewalls
hinders
buys time
prevents
employs delaying tactics
puts off
plays for time
kicks the can down the road
Verb
▲
To procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
slacks
idles
shirks
flags
neglects
relaxes
skives
bludges
dodges
dosses
underworks
bobs off
goofs off
takes it easy
bunks off
lounges about
slacks off
sits back and do nothing
Verb
▲
To behave or move in a listless and aimless manner
moons
idles
loafs
drifts
mopes
fiddles
mooches
bats
dosses
lollygags
stooges around
dallies
lingers
delays
tarries
lags
dillydallies
diddles
dawdles
creeps
pokes
drags
crawls
lallygags
shilly-shallies
hangs around
loiters
procrastinates
stalls
potters
trifles
waits
stays
puts off
fritters time away
warms a chair
dilly-dallies
marks time
fools around
potters around
sits on one's butt
kills time
hangs about
takes your time
sits around
fritters away
bums around
scrounges around
gets no place fast
diddle-daddles
shleps along
hangs out
potters about
hangs fire
drags your feet
potters round
languishes
droops
stooges
more ❯
Verb
▲
To behave or spend time in a frivolous way
trifles
idles
dallies
twiddles
dawdles
fribbles
lounges
doodles
loiters
lollygags
plays
dilly-dallies
hangs about
kicks around
potters around
fools around
goof around
messes around
monkeys around
putters around
fiddles around
horses around
Verb
▲
To delay action until a particular time or event
waits
awaits
rests
holds back
delays
hangs
pauses
stalls
abides
countdowns
holds on
stands by
hangs on
holds everything
holds your horses
kills time
marks time
is patient
are patient
bides your time
cools it
hangs fire
holds one's breath
kicks your heels
passes the time
holds your fire
lies in wait
lies low
sits tight
puts on hold
sweats it
sweats it out
sits up for
stays up for
waits in the wings
holds the phone
saves it
waits on
hangs onto your hat
looks forward
twiddles thumbs
waits patiently
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