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dally away
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dally away
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potter
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a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
ceramicist
,
ceramist
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dally away
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
doodle
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
enamelist
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
glass cutter
,
glassblower
,
glazer
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
meddle with
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muddle away
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter away
,
puddle
,
putter
,
pyroglazer
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trifle away
,
trifle with
,
twiddle
,
waste time
,
while away
fool away
collapse
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
while away
collapse
spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
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 away
,
put in
,
spend
,
trifle away
,
use up
,
while
,
wile
dally
collapse
consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bill and coo
,
caress
,
copulate
,
coquet
,
cosset
,
cuddle
,
dabble
,
dally away
,
dandle
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
falter
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flag
,
flirt
,
fondle
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
fritter away
,
frivol
,
frolic
,
gambol
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
lag
,
lead on
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
make love
,
make out
,
mark time
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muddle away
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
poke
,
potter
,
potter away
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
putter
,
rollick
,
romp
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
smatter
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sport
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
string along
,
sweet-talk
,
take time
,
tarry
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trail
,
trifle
,
trifle away
,
twiddle
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
while away
,
whisper sweet nothings
dilly
collapse
related words >
absurd
,
ace
,
balmy
,
beaut
,
corker
,
crackerjack
,
crazy
,
daisy
,
dally
,
dandy
,
darb
,
dillydally
,
dream
,
harebrained
,
honey
,
humdinger
,
insane
,
killer-diller
,
knockout
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollapaloosa
,
loony
,
lulu
,
nifty
,
peach
,
pip
,
pippin
,
poke
,
potty
,
put off
,
rouser
,
silly
,
sweetheart
,
tarry
,
the nuts
,
wacky
,
whiz
smooch
collapse
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
related words >
begrime
,
besoil
,
bill and coo
,
blow a kiss
,
buss
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dirty
,
foul
,
grime
,
kiss
,
lip
,
lollygag
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
osculate
,
osculation
,
peck
,
pet
,
smack
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarnish
,
toy
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
whisper sweet nothings
waste time
collapse
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
goof off
,
halt
,
kill time
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
potter
,
putter
,
shilly-shally
,
tarry
,
trail
,
trifle
lollygag
collapse
related words >
bill and coo
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goof off
,
halt
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
poke
,
shilly-shally
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarry
,
toy
,
trail
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whisper sweet nothings
dribble away
collapse
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
,
muddle away
,
pine away
,
piss away
,
potter away
,
run to seed
,
run to waste
,
shrink
,
squander
,
throw
,
trifle away
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
while away
,
wither away
lallygag
collapse
related words >
bill and coo
,
bum
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
halt
,
lag
,
laze
,
linger
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loll
,
lollygag
,
lounge
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
poke
,
shilly-shally
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarry
,
toy
,
trail
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whisper sweet nothings
stay up
collapse
not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
hold everything
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
hold your horses
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
stick around
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
remain
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
philander
collapse
have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years"
related words >
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
be promiscuous
,
cast coquettish glances
,
chase
,
chase women
,
chaser
,
commit adultery
,
coquet
,
dally
,
debauch
,
dissipate
,
eye
,
flirt
,
fool around
,
fornicate
,
gallivant
,
gold-dig
,
grovel
,
lady-killer
,
look sweet upon
,
make eyes at
,
masher
,
mess around
,
ogle
,
philanderer
,
play around
,
pursue
,
rake
,
run around
,
skirt chaser
,
sleep around
,
swing
,
trifle
,
wallow
,
wanton
,
whore
,
wolf
,
woman
,
womanize
play around
collapse
commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
related words >
cast coquettish glances
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
eye
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gallivant
,
gold-dig
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
look sweet upon
,
make eyes at
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
ogle
,
philander
,
piddle
,
play
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
run around
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
womanize
dillydally
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dilly
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
mark time
,
piddle
,
poke
,
put off
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
trail
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waste time
roam
collapse
related words >
amble
,
bat
,
bat around
,
bum
,
circumambulate
,
count ties
,
cruise
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
divagate
,
drift
,
flit
,
gad
,
gad about
,
gallivant
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
hit the road
,
hit the trail
,
hobo
,
jaunt
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
meander
,
mooch
,
mosey
,
nomadize
,
perambulate
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
prowl
,
ramble
,
range
,
rove
,
run about
,
saunter
,
straggle
,
stray
,
stroll
,
swan
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
travel
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
voyage
,
walk
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wayfare
postpone
collapse
hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
related words >
adjourn
,
continue
,
dally
,
defer
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
pigeonhole
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
temporize
,
waive
take time
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
buy time
,
consume time
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
keep time
,
kill time
,
linger
,
loiter
,
look for time
,
mark time
,
measure time
,
occupy time
,
pass time
,
put in time
,
race against time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
spend time
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
summer
,
take up time
,
tarry
,
use time
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
weekend
,
winter
,
work against time
make love
collapse
related words >
ball
,
be intimate
,
beget
,
bill and coo
,
breed
,
breed true
,
cohabit
,
come together
,
commit adultery
,
copulate
,
couple
,
cover
,
crossbreed
,
dally
,
diddle
,
engender
,
father
,
fornicate
,
frig
,
generate
,
get
,
have sex
,
have sexual relations
,
inbreed
,
lay
,
lie with
,
lollygag
,
make it with
,
make out
,
mate
,
mother
,
mount
,
multiply
,
neck
,
outbreed
,
pet
,
procreate
,
proliferate
,
propagate
,
reproduce in kind
,
screw
,
serve
,
service
,
sire
,
sleep with
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
toy
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
whisper sweet nothings
putter
collapse
the iron normally used on the putting green
a golfer who is putting
move around aimlessly
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
diddle
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
waste time
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
toy with
collapse
related words >
be abstracted
,
be innocent of
,
brood
,
chew the cud
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
coquet
,
coquet with
,
dabble
,
dally
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
digest
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
give up
,
have no idea
,
horse around
,
idle
,
introspect
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
know a little
,
know not
,
know not what
,
know nothing of
,
loiter
,
meditate
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muse
,
not know
,
not rightly know
,
pass
,
perpend
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play around with
,
play with
,
ponder
,
potter
,
putter
,
reflect
,
ruminate
,
scratch the surface
,
smatter
,
speculate
,
study
,
tinker
,
toy
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
weigh
,
wonder
,
wonder whether
,
wot not of
hang around
collapse
related words >
abide
,
affect
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bum around
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
do nothing
,
frequent
,
goof off
,
hang about
,
hang out
,
hang out at
,
haunt
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
idle
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
linger
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mark time
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
resort
,
resort to
,
sit around
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
stand around
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
twiddle
collapse
a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled her thumbs while waiting for the interview"
related words >
babble
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
come in contact
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
do nothing
,
feel
,
feel of
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget
,
fidget with
,
finger
,
finger with
,
flick
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gab
,
handle
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
juggle
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
manipulate
,
mess around
,
mess with
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
monkey with
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
ply
,
poke at
,
potter
,
prattle
,
prod
,
putter
,
rattle
,
smatter
,
tap
,
thumb
,
tinker
,
touch
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twirl
,
waste time
,
wield
,
wiggle
,
yak
fool around
collapse
related words >
antic
,
be foolish
,
be stupid
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carry on
,
cavort
,
clown
,
clown around
,
coquet
,
curvet
,
cut a dido
,
cut capers
,
cut up
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dance
,
disport
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fool
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frisk
,
frivol
,
frolic
,
gambol
,
get funny
,
go haywire
,
horse around
,
idle
,
invite ridicule
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play the buffoon
,
play the fool
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
rollick
,
romp
,
skip
,
smatter
,
sport
,
tinker
,
tomfool
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trip
,
twiddle
,
womanize
sit up
collapse
change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"
related words >
abide
,
arise
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bristle
,
cock up
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disentangle
,
extend
,
flatten
,
get up
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
jump up
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
put straight
,
ramp
,
rear
,
rear up
,
rectify
,
rise
,
rise up
,
set straight
,
sit bolt upright
,
sit tight
,
smooth
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
stick up
,
straighten
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
take time
,
tarry
,
unbend
,
uncurl
,
unkink
,
unsnarl
,
upheave
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
sit tight
collapse
maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be incognito
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
burrow
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay in hiding
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take cover
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wear a mask
kid around
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
coquet
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
dabble
,
dally
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fleer at
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jape
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
loiter
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mess around
,
mock
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play on words
,
play with
,
poke fun at
,
potter
,
pun
,
putter
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smatter
,
sparkle
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
fribble
collapse
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
Sunday painter
,
a continental
,
a curse
,
a damn
,
a darn
,
a hoot
,
airy
,
amateur
,
asinine
,
bagatelle
,
bauble
,
bean
,
beau
,
beguile the time
,
bibelot
,
bit
,
blade
,
blood
,
boulevardier
,
brass farthing
,
bric-a-brac
,
burn daylight
,
button
,
catchpenny
,
cent
,
clotheshorse
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
coxcomb
,
curio
,
dabble
,
dabbler
,
dallier
,
dally
,
dally away
,
dandy
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
dilettante
,
dizzy
,
doodle
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
dude
,
empty
,
exquisite
,
farce
,
farthing
,
fashion plate
,
fatuous
,
feather
,
featherbrained
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
fig
,
fine gentleman
,
finger with
,
fleabite
,
flighty
,
flimsy
,
flirt
,
folderol
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
foolish
,
footle
,
fop
,
fribbling
,
frippery
,
fritter away
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
frivolous
,
frothy
,
futile
,
gallant
,
gaud
,
gewgaw
,
giddy
,
gimcrack
,
hair
,
halfpenny
,
harebrained
,
hill of beans
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
inane
,
jack-a-dandy
,
jackanapes
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
kickshaw
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
knack
,
knickknack
,
knickknackery
,
lady-killer
,
light
,
light-headed
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
macaroni
,
man-about-town
,
masher
,
mess around
,
minikin
,
mockery
,
molehill
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muddle away
,
nugacious
,
nugatory
,
otiose
,
pass the time
,
peppercorn
,
picayune
,
piddle
,
piddler
,
pin
,
pinch of snuff
,
pinprick
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
potter away
,
potterer
,
puppy
,
putter
,
putterer
,
rap
,
red cent
,
row of pins
,
rush
,
shallow
,
shit
,
silly
,
slender
,
slight
,
smatter
,
smatterer
,
snap
,
sneeshing
,
sou
,
spark
,
sport
,
straw
,
superficial
,
swell
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trifle away
,
trifler
,
trifling
,
trinket
,
trite
,
trivial
,
triviality
,
tuppence
,
twiddle
,
two cents
,
twopence
,
vacuous
,
vain
,
vapid
,
waste time
,
while away
,
whim-wham
,
windy
mull
collapse
an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
related words >
addle
,
ball up
,
befuddle
,
benumb
,
bewilder
,
blunt
,
botch
,
botchery
,
candy
,
chafe
,
chew over
,
con
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
cook
,
dally
,
deliberate over
,
desensitize
,
dillydally
,
discombobulate
,
distract
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
edulcorate
,
electric-heat
,
evaluate
,
examine
,
fire
,
fire up
,
foment
,
fuddle
,
gas-heat
,
glaze
,
hash
,
heat
,
honey
,
hot
,
hot up
,
hot-air-heat
,
hot-water-heat
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mix-up
,
muddle
,
mull over
,
muse on
,
muss
,
numb
,
overheat
,
poke
,
ponder
,
preheat
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
recook
,
reheat
,
review
,
ruminate over
,
saccharify
,
shambles
,
steam
,
stoke up
,
study
,
sugar
,
sugar off
,
sugarcoat
,
superheat
,
sweeten
,
tarry
,
tepefy
,
think about
,
think over
,
throw off
,
turn over
,
warm
,
warm over
,
warm up
,
weigh
piddle
collapse
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
make water
,
mess around
,
micturition
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
number one
,
pass the time
,
pee
,
pee-pee
,
pish
,
piss
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
poke
,
potter
,
pump bilge
,
putter
,
smatter
,
spend a penny
,
stale
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
urea
,
urinate
,
urination
,
urine
,
waste time
,
water
,
wee-wee
,
wet
await
collapse
related words >
abide
,
anticipate
,
approach
,
be destined
,
be fated
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
be to be
,
be to come
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
brew
,
come
,
come on
,
confront
,
count
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
expect
,
face
,
foresee
,
foretell
,
forthcome
,
gather
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang over
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hope
,
hover
,
impend
,
lie ahead
,
lie over
,
linger
,
loiter
,
look
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
loom
,
lower
,
mark time
,
menace
,
near
,
overhang
,
plan
,
plot
,
predict
,
project
,
prophesy
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
sit up for
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stay up for
,
stick around
,
sweat
,
sweat it out
,
sweat out
,
take time
,
tarry
,
threaten
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wait for
,
wait on
,
wait up for
,
watch
,
watch and wait
mark time
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be still
,
beat time
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
clock
,
coast
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
fix the time
,
freeze
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
keep quiet
,
keep time
,
lie still
,
linger
,
loiter
,
measure time
,
not breathe
,
not stir
,
remain
,
remain motionless
,
repose
,
rest
,
set the time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
sit up for
,
stand
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand still
,
stay
,
stay put
,
stay up
,
stay up for
,
stick
,
stick around
,
stick fast
,
sweat
,
sweat it out
,
sweat out
,
take time
,
tarry
,
time
,
tread water
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wait for
,
wait on
,
wait up for
,
watch
,
watch and wait
spoon
collapse
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"
related words >
administer
,
bail
,
bill and coo
,
blockhead
,
bucket
,
cluck
,
copulate
,
cup
,
cutlery
,
dally
,
deal
,
deal out
,
decant
,
dimwit
,
dining utensils
,
dip
,
disburse
,
dish
,
dish out
,
dish up
,
dispense
,
disperse
,
dispose
,
distribute
,
dole
,
dole out
,
dope
,
flat silver
,
flatware
,
fork
,
forks
,
give out
,
goon
,
hollow ware
,
ignoramus
,
issue
,
knives
,
ladle
,
lollygag
,
make love
,
make out
,
measure out
,
mete
,
mete out
,
moron
,
neck
,
numskull
,
parcel out
,
pass around
,
pay out
,
pet
,
portion out
,
pour
,
scoop
,
shovel
,
silver
,
silver plate
,
silverware
,
simpleton
,
smooch
,
spade
,
spoon out
,
spoons
,
stainless-steel ware
,
sweet-talk
,
tablespoon
,
tableware
,
teaspoon
,
toy
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
whisper sweet nothings
procrastinate
collapse
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
related words >
abandon
,
be dilatory
,
continue
,
cut
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
defer
,
delay
,
drag
,
drag out
,
draw out
,
dwell on
,
equivocate
,
extend
,
filibuster
,
gain time
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jump
,
lag
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
let pass
,
let ride
,
let slide
,
let slip
,
linger
,
linger on
,
loiter
,
make time
,
malinger
,
miss
,
omit
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
pause
,
play for time
,
poke
,
postpone
,
pretermit
,
prolong
,
protract
,
put aside
,
put off
,
shelve
,
shilly-shally
,
shirk
,
skip
,
slack
,
spin out
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stay
,
stooge around
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
talk against time
,
tarry
,
temporize
,
tergiversate
,
trifle
,
vacillate
,
waver
lead on
collapse
entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
related words >
act on
,
allure
,
approach
,
bait
,
bait the hook
,
be responsible for
,
bear upon
,
blandish
,
cajole
,
call the signals
,
captain
,
carry on
,
coax
,
command
,
conduct
,
control
,
coquet
,
dally
,
decoy
,
direct
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw on
,
engineer
,
ensnare
,
entice
,
entrap
,
exert influence
,
flirt
,
flirt with
,
fool
,
get cozy with
,
give the come-on
,
govern
,
handle
,
head
,
head up
,
inveigle
,
lead
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
lure
,
magnetize
,
make advances
,
make overtures
,
make the rules
,
make up to
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
mastermind
,
offer bait to
,
officer
,
order
,
prescribe
,
pull strings
,
pull the strings
,
quarterback
,
regulate
,
rope in
,
run
,
seduce
,
skipper
,
string along
,
suck in
,
take command
,
take the lead
,
tempt
,
toll
,
toy
,
wanton
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
tinker
collapse
formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
work as a tinker or tinkerer
related words >
cobble
,
cobbler
,
commission
,
condition
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
darn
,
do up
,
doctor
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fix
,
fix up
,
fixer
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
little Miss Fixit
,
loiter
,
maintenance man
,
mechanic
,
mechanician
,
meddle
,
mend
,
mender
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
overhaul
,
patch
,
patch up
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
put in commission
,
put in order
,
put in repair
,
put in shape
,
putter
,
ready
,
recap
,
recondition
,
renovator
,
repair
,
repairer
,
repairman
,
restorer
,
retread
,
service
,
serviceman
,
set to rights
,
sew up
,
smatter
,
tinker up
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trouble man
,
troubleshooter
,
twiddle
horse around
collapse
indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
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act up
,
antic
,
be foolish
,
be stupid
,
behave ill
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carry on
,
cavort
,
clown
,
clown around
,
coquet
,
curvet
,
cut a dido
,
cut capers
,
cut up
,
cut up rough
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dance
,
disport
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frisk
,
frivol
,
frolic
,
gambol
,
get funny
,
get into mischief
,
go haywire
,
go on
,
hell around
,
idle
,
invite ridicule
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
maffick
,
mess around
,
misbehave
,
misdemean
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play the buffoon
,
play the fool
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
raise Cain
,
raise hell
,
raise sand
,
raise the deuce
,
raise the devil
,
raise the roof
,
rollick
,
romp
,
roughhouse
,
skip
,
smatter
,
sport
,
tinker
,
tomfool
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trip
,
twiddle
,
whoop it up
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