kill-time

noun

1. 1. an occupation that passes the time
   2. ( as modifier )

      kill-time pursuits

Idioms and Phrases

Pass time aimlessly. For example, There was nothing to do, so I sat around killing time until dinner was ready . This idiom was first recorded about 1768.

Example Sentences

As far as possible work was confined to the fore part of the ship, and beside the ordinary routine little was done but the plaiting of rope yarns into sennit—always a kill-time.

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What sailorizing was undertaken was in the nature of kill-time, and well understood as such by the men.

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Hardly had he embarked upon a little kill-time tour through the public rooms when he heard hurrying steps behind him, and turned to confront Nan Ellis.

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Here, all things tend to check any utterance of my thoughts, spoken or written; and while in England I could not find time enough to write, I here have no desire to do so, and lament my inability to force myself to mental exertion as a mere occupation and fill-time: I dare not say kill-time, "for that would be a sin."

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"It's kill-time for the rest of the day," he stated.

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