kill time
verb
Roget 683:
be inactive
etc.
adj.;
do nothing
etc.
681;
move slowly
etc.
275;
let the grass grow under one's feet;
take one's time,
dawdle,
drawl,
droil†,
lag,
hang back,
slouch;
loll,
lollop†;
lounge,
poke,
loaf,
loiter;
go to sleep over;
sleep at one's post,
ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.].
take it easy,
take things as they come;
lead an easy life,
vegetate,
swim with the stream,
eat the bread of idleness;
loll in the lap of luxury,
loll in the lap of indolence;
waste time,
consume time,
kill time,
lose time;
burn daylight,
waste the precious hours.
idle away time,
trifle away time,
fritter away time,
fool away time;
spend time in,
take time in;
peddle,
piddle;
potter,
pudder†,
dabble,
faddle fribble†,
fiddle-faddle;
dally,
dilly-dally.
sleep,
slumber,
be asleep;
hibernate;
oversleep;
sleep like a top,
sleep like a log,
sleep like a dormouse;
sleep soundly,
heavily;
doze,
drowze†,
snooze,
nap;
take a nap
etc.
n.;
dream;
snore one's best;
settle to sleep,
go to sleep,
go off to sleep;
doze off,
drop off;
fall asleep;
drop asleep;
close the eyes,
seal up the eyes,
seal up eyelids;
weigh down the eyelids;
get sleep,
nod,
yawn;
go to bed,
turn;
get some z's,
stack z's [Coll.].
languish,
expend itself,
flag,
hang fire;
relax.
render idle
etc.
adj.;
sluggardize†;
mitigate
etc.
174.
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Roget 840:
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven;
tickle the fancy;
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor;
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter;
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice;
please
etc.
829;
interest;
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game;
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks;
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care;
drive dull care away;
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp;
caper;
dance
etc.
(leap)
309;
keep up the ball;
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure;
paint the town red [Slang];
see life;
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday;
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time;
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk;
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat;
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve;
laugh,
laugh outright;
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle;
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter;
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides;
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
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