English
Verb
en-verb|kills time|killing time|killed time
#intransitive To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly.
#:She had nothing better to do, so she went to the bowling alley to kill time.
Quotations
1989 She's up there now, thought Bella, up in that freezing studio, killing time till the child comes home, mooning, dreaming, turning disjointed thoughts over in her head, and we'll pay for it. — The Green behind the Glass, Adele Geras, Lions Teen Tracks
Derived terms
kill-time
Translations
German: Zeit totschlagen
See also
chronocide
killing time<!--an unrelated term from Scottish history-->
waste time<!--not quite the same thing-->
ja:kill time
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