- diddle away
- transitive verb
: to waste (as time) in trifling : potter away
they diddled away the afternoon and had nothing to show for it
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
diddle away
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diddle — diddle1 [did′ l] vt. diddled, diddling [dial. duddle, diddle, to totter, akin to DODDER1] 1. Informal to move back and forth in a jerky or rapid manner; jiggle 2. Slang a) to have sexual intercourse with b) … English World dictionary
diddle — Synonyms and related words: ball, bamboozle, be intimate, beat, beguile, beguile of, beguile the time, betray, bilk, bluff, bunco, burn, burn daylight, cajole, cheat, cheat on, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, circumvent, cog, cog the dice, cohabit … Moby Thesaurus
dribble away — Synonyms and related words: ablate, atrophy, blow, blunder away, consume, consume away, dally away, decrease, deplete, depreciate, diddle away, dissipate, drain, drivel, drivel away, emaciate, erode, fool away, fritter, fritter away, idle away,… … Moby Thesaurus
fool away — Synonyms and related words: blow, blunder away, consume, dally away, diddle away, dissipate, dribble away, drivel away, fritter, fritter away, idle away, muddle away, piss away, potter away, squander, throw, trifle away, while away … Moby Thesaurus
while away — Synonyms and related words: bestow, consecrate to, consume, dally away, dedicate to, devote, diddle away, dribble away, drivel away, employ, expend, fool away, fritter away, give over to, give to, idle away, muddle away, pass, piss away, potter… … Moby Thesaurus
Hey Diddle Diddle — [ thumb|In this Randolph Caldecott rendition, a dish, spoon, and other utensils are anthropomorphized while a cat in a red jacket holds a fiddle in the manner of a string bass.] Hey Diddle Diddle (also Hi Diddle Diddle), The Cat and the Fiddle,… … Wikipedia
Hey Diddle Diddle — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hey Diddle Diddle (homonymie). Hey Diddle Diddle est une comptine anglaise. Illustration de Randolph Caldecott … Wikipédia en Français
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while away the time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time,… … Moby Thesaurus
