transitive. To cheat, delude, befool; to mock. trifle out, to dismiss with mockery. Obsolete. rare.

esp. with away, †off, to fritter away idly. †With forth, out, to defer or put off idly.

transitive. To allow (time, etc.) to pass idly; to waste carelessly or upon trifles. Obsolete except with away; occasionally with †out.

intransitive. = piddle, v. 1a. Obsolete.

transitive. With away, out. To spend or waste (time) in frivolous or unimportant pursuits. Also reflexive: to bring oneself out of a specified…

transitive. To pass or spend (time) frivolously or idly; to waste (time). Obsolete except as in 5b.

transitive. To cause to degenerate through inactivity or lack of use; to allow to decay; to waste away in idleness. Also with out. Also reflexive.

quasi-transitive. to idle (time) away, to pass in idleness.

transitive. To waste or squander (something valuable) in foolish or idle pursuits; esp. to fritter away (one’s time). Cf. to fool away at phrasal…

to dally away: to consume or spend (time) in dalliance or by dallying.

To while away or cause to pass in dangling.

transitive. to piddle away: to waste, squander (time, money, etc.); to fritter away.

transitive. With away. To waste by trifling. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To trifle away; to spend, waste, or lose in or by pottering.

transitive. = potter, v. 4d. Frequently with away.

Originally Military slang. Cf. gold brick, n. 3. transitive. To shirk or evade (a duty, responsibility, etc.), esp. by feigning illness; to…