fritter+away
111dawdle — v. n. Trifle, dally, fiddle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time …
112misspend — v. a. Squander, misuse, waste, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly …
113fiddle — 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 …
114misuse — I. v. a. 1. Misemploy, misapply, desecrate, profane, pervert, put to a wrong use. 2. Abuse, maltreat, ill treat, ill use. 3. Waste, squander, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly. II. n. 1. Abuse, perversion, prostitution,… …
115waste — 1. verb 1) he doesn t like to waste money Syn: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around; informal blow, splurge Ant: conserve 2) these children are wasting away in the …
116blow — I n 1. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, Sl. shot, Sl. slug, Sl. paste, Sl. bash, Sl. rap side the head. See bat 1 (def.2). 2. shock, calamity, reversal. See calamity (def.2). 3. come to blows fight, spar, grapple, scuffle, tussle, brawl,… …
117waste — 1. verb 1) he doesn t like to waste money Syn: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate; informal blow, splurge 2) kids are wasting away in the streets Syn: grow weak, gr …
118squander — [v] fritter away, use up be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out*, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out*, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water*, spring for*,… …
119frit´ter|er — frit|ter1 «FRIHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to waste little by little: »to fritter away one s savings. He frittered away both time and energy reading worthless books. The allies…frittered away precious time in…disputes (H. G. Wells). 2. to cut or …
120frit|ter — frit|ter1 «FRIHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to waste little by little: »to fritter away one s savings. He frittered away both time and energy reading worthless books. The allies…frittered away precious time in…disputes (H. G. Wells). 2. to cut or …
