Reverse Dictionary: TIME

ADJECTIVES
► ACHRONOLOGICAL not arranged in order of time → 1962 chiefly film and literary usage
► CHRONAL pert. to time → 1875
► CHRONIC relating to time; chronological → 1604 obs.
► COETANEOUS coming into existence or arising at the same time → 1608
► DENTY large, fair-sized; of time: considerable → 1862 Sc.
► DOWN THE TRACK referring to the passage of time → 1980s sl.
► EQUITEMPORANEOUS performed in equal lengths of time; occupying the same length of time; contemporaneous → 1709 obs.
► FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about→ 18C Brit.
► FROMWARD of time: onward from a given date → c1400 obs.
► HANDY of time: near to, approaching, nearly → 1814 Eng. dial.
► HOOZY-POOZY wasting time → 19C Eng. dial.
► NARROW of time: short, brief → 1611
► OMNITEMPORAL relating to all times → 1890
► PRIMORDIATE existing from the very beginning of time; earliest in time; primeval, primitive; generally, ancient, distant in time → 1599 obs.
► SINCE COCKY WAS AN EGG for a long time → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SOLID full, complete, entire, esp. of time → M19
► SYNCHRONAL existing or happening at the same time; coincident in time; occurring at the same moment
► SYNCHRONIC existing or happening at the same time; coincident in time; occurring at the same moment → 1833
► SYNCHRONICAL existing or happening at the same time; coincident in time; occurring at the same moment → 1652
► SYNCHRONISMICAL belonging to a synchronism or account of synchronous events → 1793
► SYNCHRONISTIC relating to the concurrence of events in time → 1685
► SYNCHRONISTICAL relating to the concurrence of events in time → c1624 obs.
► SYNCHRONOUS existing or happening at the same time; belonging to the same period, or occurring at the same moment of time; contemporary; simultaneous → 1669
► TACTIC pert. to the beating of time → 1779 obs.
► TEMPORANEOUS pertaining to time, temporal → 1656 rare or obs.
► TIMEFUL occurring in or consisting of time; temporal, durational → a1400 obs.
► TIMESOME pert. to or subject to time as opposed to eternity; of finite duration; temporal → 1674 obs.

ADVERBS
► ALAIRE ► ALARE a short time ago → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ANOTHER-WHEN another time → 19C Eng. dial.
► ANOTHER-WHILE at another time → 1425 obs.
► AT-AFTER of time: after, afterwards → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BACK-ALONG of time: back; formerly; in the past; recently; a little while ago → 1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BACK-CAST of time: long ago, in the past → 1874 Eng. dial.
► BAFT of time: after → 1205 obs.
► FOR A BLUE MOON for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR A COON’S AGE for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR A DOG’S AGE for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR AGES for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR AN AGE for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR A RIGHT SMART SPELL for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR A WEEK OF SUNDAYS for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY SUNDAYS for a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOR THE LAST LONGEST. for a very long time → 1933 Amer. dial.
► FOR THE LONGEST for a very long time → 1926 Amer. dial.
► FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a considerable distance or time → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FROM HELL TO HARLEM for a considerable distance or time → 1939 Amer. dial.
► IN TWO TWOS directly, immediately, in a very short time → 1838 colloq.
► ON THE DOT precisely; exactly at the time specified → colloq.
► ON THE NOSE exactly on time → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SINCE THE CONCORD FIGHT for a very long time → 1967 Amer. dial.

CONJUNCTIONS
► TOFORE of time: before → a1325 obs.

PREPOSITIONS
► AHIND of time: after, behind → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AT-AFTER of time: after → 1868 Eng. dial.
► AYONT of time: after, later than → 1895 Sc.
► GAIN of time: towards, near → c1475 obs.

NOUNS
► AFRICAN PEOPLE’S TIME ► AFRICAN TIME unpunctuality, flexible time, a general disregard for time-keeping → 1960s sl., orig. S. Afr.
► AGE OF YEARS a very long time → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ASS’S GALLOP a brief period of time → 2003 Irish sl.
► ASS TIME time wasted sitting around → 1994 US sl.
► AUDIE the voice that announced the time on telephone time services → 1955 US sl.
► BAT a short time, a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BAT OF AN EYE a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BIT a short while, a short space of time → 1653 colloq.
► BLINK an instant, a moment, a short time → 1786 Sc.
► BLOWS a long period of time → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BRACE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BREATH a very short time; a moment → 1917 Amer. dial.
► CAT-SNIFTER a very short space of time → 1867 Eng. dial.
► CHRONOLOGUE chronology; the science of computing and adjusting time or periods of time, and of recording and arranging events in the order of time → 1658 obs.
► CHRONOPHOBIA an abnormal discomfort concerning time → 1991 (Bk.)
► COLORED PEOPLE’S TIME an hour or two later than the prescribed time → 1926 Amer. dial.
► COON’S AGE a long time → 1835 Amer.
► COUPLE JERKS OF A COW’S TAIL a very short time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► COUPLE OF HUMPS a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COUPLE OF JERKS a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COUPLE OF KICKS a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COUPLE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COUPLE OF WINKS a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRACK a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CROCK an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time → L19 sl.
► CROCK OF SHIT an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time → 1951 US sl.
► DAFFING an idle waste of time in frivolous talking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAY AND TIME a period of time; an era → 1887 Amer. dial.
► DECURRENCE the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time → 1659 obs.
► DECURRENCY the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time → 1651 obs.
► DECURSE downward course, lapse of time → 1593 obs.
► DECURSION a course or passage of time → 1664 obs.
► DISTANCE an extent of time → 1939 Amer. dial.
► DODGE odd moments, spare time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DOG’S AGE a long time → 1833 sl., orig. US
► DONKEY’S YEARS a long time → 1942 Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
► EARLY O’CLOCK shortly after an activity has started → 1983 Trinidad and Tobago
► EFFLUX the lapse, passing away of time, or of a particular period; hence, expiry, end → 1647
► EFFLUXION the lapse or passing away of time; the expiry or completion of a certain period → 1621
► EGGTAGGLE the act of wasting time in bad company; hence, immodest conduct → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FARMER’S TIME 30 minutes early or fast → 20C US sl.
► FARTING-SPELL a very short period of time; a moment → 19C Amer. dial.
► FEC a definite interval in space or time; a limited distance, fixed period → c1000 obs.
► FEUSTERING wasting time → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FLASH a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GLIFF a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment → 1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLIFFY a short space of a time; a moment → 1820 Sc.
► GOD’S TIME orig. time as told by the sun as opposed to standard time; later, standard time as opposed to daylight saving time → 1911 Amer. dial.
► GREATLE a great while → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► HALF-A-JIFFY a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HALF A MO a very short but vaguely defined time, a moment → 1896 UK sl.
► HALF-A-SHAKE a moment, a very short time → 20C NZ sl.
► HALF A TIC ► HALF A TICK a very short time → L19 sl.
► HAND-CLAP a moment, a short space of time → 1824 Sc.
► HANDWHILE a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time → c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAUTESSE length of time → a1300 obs.
► HAWAIIAN TIME a flexible system of time; a disregard for punctuality → 1974 Amer. dial., occasionally derogatory
► HEART-BEAT an extremely brief space of time → 1850
► HEEL the concluding part of anything, as a period of time, a book, etc. → L16
► HIGH TIME the latest possible time; a time that is almost too late → colloq.
► HYSTERICAL PRESENT the present time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► INCH OF TIME, AN the least moment of time → 1873 Eng. dial.
► INDIAN TIME a flexible system of time; a lack of punctuality → 1963 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► JACK AN’ DANNY nonsense, time-wasting, prevarication → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’
► JEFFEY the shortest possible time → 1793 colloq.
► JERK a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JERK OF A LAMB’S TAIL a very short time → 1922 Amer. dial.
► JIFF a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JIFFY the shortest possible time → 1793 colloq.
► KATH an indeterminate period of time → 20C Aust. sl.
► KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN an indeterminate period of time → 20C Aust. sl.
► KINGDOM COME a very long period of time → 1908 Amer. dial.
► LAG-END the latter part of a period of time; the tail-end → 1822 Sc.
► LEMON AND LIME time → 20C rhyming sl.
► LENGH length of time or space → c888
► LESS THAN NO TIME a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LETTING wasting of time → 1398 obs.
► LITTLE BIT a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LONG TIME Central time → 1931 Amer. dial.
► LONGFUL WHILE a long time → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MANY-A-BIT a long time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANY-A-WHILE a long time → 1879 Eng. dial.
► MINUTE a long time → 1990s African-American sl.
► MONTH OF SUNDAYS a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NANO a very short period of time → 1991 US sl.
► NEVER-MASS a date or time which never comes → c1550 obs. exc. Sc.
► NEW YORK MINUTE a very short period of time; an instant → 1920s US sl.
► NEW YORK SECOND an instant → 1920s US sl.
► NICK a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NICKEL AND DIME time → 1935 US rhyming sl.
► NIGGERHEADING wasting time by not working on the job → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► NO TIME a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ONWARDLING a small portion or length of time → 1674 obs.
► PIG’S WHISPER a very short space of time → 1791
► PIG’S WHISTLE a very short space of time; an instant → 1859 US
► PISSING-WHILE a very short time; an instant → 16C colloq.
► PRETERITION the passing of time → 1647 obs.
► QUACK a brief moment; a trice, the shortest possible time → 1882 Sc. obs.
► RACE a space of time; a while → a1300 obs.
► RAILROAD TIME time as kept by a railroad line; hence, precise clock time; also, standard time, as opposed to local time → 1865 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT SMART SPELL a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY THURSDAYS a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHAKE a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHAKE OF A BRASS MONKEY’S TAIL a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHORT METER a short time → 1842 Amer. dial.
► SILENT HOURS, THE from 11 pm to 5:30 am → c1910 Royal Navy colloq.
► SKETCH OF TIME a short period of time → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SKIRT the beginning or end of a period of time; chiefly in plural → 1624
► SNATCH a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNEEZE a short interval of time; a short distance → 1938 Amer. dial.
► SPITTING SPELL a very short spell of time → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPOT a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUCCESSION the course, lapse, or process of time → 1456 obs.
► SYNCHRONEITY concurrence of two or more events in time; coincidence or agreement in point of time → 1909
► SYNCHRONISM coincidence or agreement in point of time; concurrence of two or more events in time → 1588
► SYNCHRONY coincidence or agreement in point of time; concurrence of two or more events in time → 1848
► TACK a specific period of time, as a spell of weather, a stretch → 1728 Sc.
► TAKER-UP something that occupies time, space, etc. → 1620
► TANTILLATION a trifling space of time; a moment of time → 1651 obs.
► TERM OF A TIME a long time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THREE JERKS OF A LAMB’S TAIL a very short time → 1901 Amer. dial.
► THREE SHAKES OF A SHEEP’S TAIL a very short time → 1884 Amer. dial.
► TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time → 1881 Eng. dial.
► TIDEMENT time, tide, season → 1560 obs.
► TIME a space of time, generally understood to mean a year → 1382 obs.
► TWATTING AROUND a messing about or fooling around; time-wasting → 1989 sl.
► TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment → a1400
► TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO JERKS OF A DOG’S TAIL a very short time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TWO JERKS OF A LAMB’S TAIL a short period of time; an instant; a jiffy → 1892 Amer. dial.
► TWO SHAKES a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY’S TAIL a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP’S TAIL a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB’S TAIL a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP’S TAIL a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO TWO’S a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO WHOOPS AND A HELLO;  a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► VALUE an extent or amount of time → 1803 Sc.
► WEEK OF SUNDAYS n. a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time → 1834 Amer. dial.
► WHIFF a short space of time; a jiffy → 1823 Amer. dial.
► WHILES a time, a while → 1857 Amer. dial.
► WHIPS OF TIME an abundance of time → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WHIPSTITCH a short space of time; a moment → 1899 Amer. dial.
► WHISK OF A LAMB’S TAIL, A a very short time → 1895 Amer. dial.
► WHIT a considerable period of time → 1994 Amer. dial.
► WINK a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► YANKEE MINUTE a very short period of time → 1995 Amer. dial.
► YONKS a long time → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► ZERO-DARK-THIRTY the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn → 1980 US military sl.

NOUNS – ACTUAL TIME
► FARMERS’ TIME eight o’clock (pm) → 1940 Amer. dial.
► NARROWDALE NOON one o’ clock → 1868 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ASS-OFF a time-waster → 1960s US students’ sl.
► BEE-ESSER a time-waster, one who always fools around → 1962 US sl.
► BOONDOGGLER a loafer; a time waster → 1930s US sl.
► FUCK-OFF a person who wastes time; a goof-off ..M20 US sl.
► GOOF someone who makes mistakes or wastes time → 1950s Amer. sl.
► HACKER a person who uses their computer expertise in any effort to breach security walls and gain entry to secure sites → 1963 US sl., orig. computing usage
► IDLER one who idles or is idle; one who spends his time in idleness; an indolent or lazy person; a sluggard; one who trifles away his time → 1534
► IDLERT one who wastes time; an idler → 1930 Sc. 
► JAG-OFF an incompetent time-waster → M20 US sl.
► SITTER-ABOUT a person who sits around wasting time → c1540
► SPILL-TIME an idler; a waster of time → 1393 obs.
► TARTLE a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARTLER a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARTLES a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIME-LOSER one who wastes time → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TIMIST a chronologer → 1897
► WAG-WANTON one who trifles or wastes time → 1604 obs.

PHRASES
► AGAINST THE CLOCK what you are said to be when time is short and you’re in a hurry → Brit. sl.
► AN HOUR PAST HANGING TIME an answer to “What’s the time?’ → 18C
► BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON instantly, in the shortest possible time → 1785 sl.
► BOWL ME THE TIME what’s the time? → 1950s S. Afr., orig. military usage
► FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a long time; for a long distance → L19 US sl.
► FROM NOW TO JUVEMBER forever; a long time → 1980 Amer. dial.
► HALF PAST KISSING TIME a facetious reply to the question, “What time is it?” → 1910 Amer. sl.
► HALF PAST KISSING TIME AND TIME TO KISS AGAIN a facetious reply to the question, “What time is it?” → 1910 Amer. sl.
► IT’S A FRECKLE PAST A HAIR reply if someone asks the time, and you’re not wearing a watch → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LONG AS JOHN BROWN STAYED IN HEAVEN, AS no time at all → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LONGER THAN A HARD WINTER for an excessively long time → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SINCE ADAM WAS A COWBOY for a very long time → 1968 NZ
► SINCE ADAM WAS A PUP for a very long time → 1956 Aust. sl.
► SINCE BUCK WAS A CALF for a long period of time → 1952 Amer. dial.
► SINCE CAESAR WAS A PUP for a very long time → E20 colloq.
► SINCE DICK SEDDON DIED for a very long time → 1952 NZ
► SINCE DICK SEDDON WAS A BOY for a very long time → 1979 NZ
► SINCE GOD CALLED THE CHICKENS HOME for a very long time → c1945 NZ
► SINCE GOD MADE SOUR APPLES for ages, for a long time → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SINCE HANNAH WAS A RAG DOLL for a very long time → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP for a very long time → 1904 US sl.
► SINCE THE BATTLE OF CRECY for a very long time → L19 colloq.
► SINCE THE CONCORD FIGHT for a very lone time → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SINCE THE LORD HAD THE MEASLES for a very long time → c1945 NZ
► SINCE THE WOODS BURNED for a long time → 1863 Amer. dial.
► SINCE THE WOODS CAUGHT ON FIRE for a long time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SINCE THE WOODS WERE BURNT for a long time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SINCE TIME for a very long time → 2003 UK sl.
► SINCE WILLIE DIED for a very long time → E20 colloq.
► TILL KINGDOM COME pending a long or indefinite time → 1928 Amer. dial.
► TILL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all → 1938 Amer. dial.
► UNDER THE WIRE at the very last minute → 1930s
► UNTIL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all → 1936 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play → 1897 Eng. dial.
► ARSE ABOUT ► ARSE AROUND ► ASS ABOUT ► ASS AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1664 Brit. & Aust. sl.
► ARSEHOLE ABOUT to waste time, to fool about → 1988 Aust. sl.
► ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ASSHOLE AROUND to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to waste time → 1968 Amer. sl.
► AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner → 1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BALLOCKS ABOUT ► BALLOCKS AROUND to infuriate, to waste someone’s time, to be indecisive → 1950s sl.
► BALLOCKS UP to waste time, to fiddle with → 1930s sl.
► BASH THE SPINE to idle, to waste time, to loaf around → 1940s Aust. sl.
► BE A-DOING to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time → 1902 Amer. dial.
► BEAT IN TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BEAT OFF to waste time, to loaf around → 1960s US sl.
► BEAT OUT THE TIME to while away the time → 1889 Eng. dial.
► BEAT TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BEEF to loaf; to waste time → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLANDER to babble; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate; to waste time in gossiping → 19C
► BOIL THE OCEAN to waste one’s time attempting to do the impossible → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOIL WATER to waste time by doing unimportant or useless things → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOONDOGGLE to engage in a trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking; to waste time → 1930s US sl.
► BUGGER ABOUT ► BUGGER AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1929 Brit. & Aust. sl.
► CODDLE to waste time with → 1906 Amer. dial.
► COME IN PUDDING-TIME to come in good time, before it’s too late → M17 colloq.
► CRAP AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1935 US sl.
► DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to dawdle; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter → 1673 colloq.
► DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter → 1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DALLACK to dally, to fritter away time → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one’s time; to hobble → L16 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DANER ► DANNER ► DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one’s time; to hobble → 1727 Sc.
► DAUBLE to dabble; to employ oneself in a dilettante way to waste time, to potter about → 1748 Sc.
► DEADBEAT to waste time; to idle about; to take advantage of, to impose on → 1881 Amer. dial.
► DICK AROUND to waste time, to goof off → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DICKER AROUND to waste time in indecision → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DIDDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling → 1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DIDDLE-DADDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling → 1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DILDER to trifle, to waste time, to work carelessly → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DILLY-DALLY to dawdle; hence to waste time → 1741 UK sl.
► DINK AROUND to idle or waste time → 1978 US sl.
► DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one’s time; to hobble → 1727 Eng. dial.
► DORK AROUND to spend time frivolously or  unproductively; to mess around, to waste time → 1982 US sl.
► DORK OFF to waste time → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DOSS to fool about, to mess around; to pass time idly or aimlessly; to be lazy, to loaf → 1937 Brit. colloq.
► DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate → 1881 Eng. dial.
► DRINGLE to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly → c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DROOL to waste time, to idle around → 1920s sl., orig. Aust.
► DRUTTLE to dawdle, to waste time, to trifle → 19C Sc.
► DWADDLE to waste time, to dawdle → 1950 US sl.
► EAT to absorb time wastefully → 1598 obs.
► EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing → 1674 Eng. dial.
► FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► FADE to idle; to waste time → 1968 US sl.
► FAFF to mess about, restlessly and ineffectually, wasting time, often while something quite urgent needs attention; to play or fool around, to waste time → c1930
► FAFF ABOUT ► FAFF AROUND to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy → 1874 UK sl.
► FAKE ABOUT to ‘knock about’; to waste time, to idle → 1900 Ireland (Bk.)
► FAKE OFF to waste time; to goof off → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FANDANGLE to hang about, to trifle, to waste time, to ‘fool’ around → 1892 Ireland
► FANNY ABOUT ► FANNY AROUND to waste time; to act aimlessly → 1969 sl.
► FARE of time: to go, to pass → c1250 obs.
► FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FART ABOUT ► FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly  → 1931 sl.
► FART-ARSE ► FART-ARSE ABOUT ► FART-ARSE AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time → 1978 sl.
► FART OFF to goof off; to waste time → 1968 US sl.
► FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIDDLE ► FIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to waste time; to idle; to make little progress, to move about aimlessly → 1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility → 1975 Amer. dial.
► FIDDLEFART AROUND to waste time doing little or nothing → 1972 US sl.
► FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility → 1984 Amer. dial.
► FIDFAD to go slowly; to waste time; to fuss, to trifle, to potter about → 1875 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIG AROUND to idle, to waste time → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FIKE-FACK to trifle away time; to bustle about needlessly → 1900 Sc.
► FLUB AROUND to fool around, to kill time → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLUFF to waste time, to shirk work → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FORNICATE THE POODLE to waste time; to loaf on the job → 1910s US sl.
► FRIG to dawdle, to waste time → 18C Brit. sl.
► FRIG ABOUT to waste time doing little or nothing → 1933 UK sl.
► FUCK ABOUT ► FUCK AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1922 sl.
► FUCK OFF to waste time → M20 US sl.
► FUTZ ► FUTZ AROUND ► PHUTZ AROUND to waste time; to mess around; to trifle with → 1907 US sl.
► GOOF  ► GOOF AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1929 sl., chiefly US
► GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one’s duties → 1932 sl., orig. military
► HACK ► HACK ABOUT  ► HACK AROUND ► HACK OFF to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time → 1888 Amer. sl.
► HAINGLE of time: to pass slowly → 1804 Sc.
► HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time → E19 sl.
► HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner → 1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HINGLE of time: to pass slowly → 1804 Sc.
► HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with ‘around’)→ 1900 US sl.
► HUMP THE DOG to waste time completely → 1980 US sl.
► IMPROVE THE SHINING HOUR to make good use of time → 1720
► JACK AROUND to mess about; to waste time; to act childishly; to be ineffective → 1960s sl.
► JACK OFF to waste time; to goof off → 20C US sl.
► KICK IT to waste time doing nothing → 2005 African-American sl.
► LALLYGAG ► LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design → 1862 US sl.
► LOSE TIME to waste time; to fool around → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about → c1920 Amer. dial.
► MAFFLE to delay, to waste time → 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle → 1892 Eng. dial.
► MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular → 1884 Eng. dial.
► MILK A DRY COW to waste time on a futile activity → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► MONKEY to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to fritter away one’s time; usually used with ‘with’ → 1877-78 Amer. sl.
► MONKEY AROUND to waste time or pass the time aimlessly → 1916 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY-FART AROUND to waste time; to fool about → a1970 Amer. sl.
► MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time → L19 sl.
► MUCK ABOUT ► MUCK AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1856
► MURDER to waste time, to spend time unprofitably → 1700
► NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NIFLE to trifle, to waste time, or spend it in doing trifling things; to idle or loaf; to work at a slow pace → 1790 Eng. dial.
► NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner → 1893 UK colloq.
► PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one’s time → 1774 Amer. dial.
► PIDDLE ABOUT ► PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one’s time → 1545 sl.
► PISS ABOUT ► PISS AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1943 sl.
► PISS AGAINST THE WIND to act ineffectually; to waste one’s time; to attempt something futile → 1642 sl.
► PISS-ANT AROUND to waste time, to dawdle → 20C Aust. sl.
► PISS-ARSE ABOUT to fool about; to waste time → c1920 army sl.
► PISS IN THE WIND to behave ineffectually; to waste one’s time, to attempt something futile → 1970 sl.
► PLAY SILLY BLEEDERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1961 sl.
► PLAY SILLY Bs to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1961 sl.
► PLAY SILLY BUGGERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1961 sl.
► PLOW THE BACK FORTY to waste time → 1967 Amer. dial.
► POOT AROUND to waste time doing nothing → 2004 African-American sl.
► PRAT ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1961 Brit. sl.
► PULL SOMEONE’S PLONKER to waste time → 1982 UK sl.
► PUT ONE’S TIME IN to spend time; to occupy one’s time → L19 sl.
► PUTZ ► PUTZ AROUND to fool around, to idle, to waste time → 1950 Amer. dial.
► QUEETER to work lazily and languidly, to trifle, to waste time → 1866 Sc.
► QUIDDLE to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget → 1832 now chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAIL IT to kill time → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RANCH to idle; to spend time doing little, to waste time → 1991 US sl.
► SHOE THE GRAY GOOSE to spend one’s time uselessly; to undertake a difficult and profitless business → 1892
► SHOOL to waste time doing a task → 1946 Amer. dial.
► SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time → 1896 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPIN ONE’S WHEELS to waste one’s time or energy idly or frivolously; to do nothing productive → 1960
► SPLIT-SECOND to time by a stopwatch → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUMMER to pass one’s time pleasantly → 1568 obs.
► TAIVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time → 1808 Sc.
► TANTLE to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TAVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time → 1808 Sc.
► TID to choose the right time for; to time, esp. with reference to land or crops → 1808 Sc.
► TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time → 19C Eng. dial.
► TIME IT OUT to procrastinate, to delay, to spin out the time → 1613 obs.
► TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one’s time → 1921 Sc.
► TWAT to fool around, to mess about; to waste time → 1992 sl., chiefly UK
► WALK to time: to pass, to elapse → c1250 obs.
► WANK ► WHANK to waste time → 1940s sl.
► WANK OFF ► WHANK OFF to waste time; to waste one’s efforts; to do something inefficiently → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► YUCK IT UP ► YUK IT UP to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way → 1961 sl., chiefly Amer.