killing time
phrase
as in kicking back
to spend time doing nothing They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- kicking back
- hanging about
- vegging out
- goofing (off)
- hacking (around)
- twiddling one's thumbs
- kicking around
- hanging (around or out)
- chilling
- lounging
- resting
- idling
- relaxing
- loafing
- playing
- bumming
- strolling
- lazing
- dawdling
- poking
- footling
- droning
- dillydallying
- lolling
- lazying
- fiddling (around)
- lingering
- messing
- pottering (around)
- mucking
- puttering (around)
- estivating
- dallying
- trifling
- fooling
- piddling
- monkeying
- hibernating
- dozing
- lagging
- loitering
- sauntering
- ambling
- aestivating
- moseying
- tarrying
- malingering
- truanting
- swanning
- goldbricking
- furloughing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- buckling (down)
- working
- plowing
- laboring
- grinding
- sweating
- plugging
- toiling
- hustling
- grubbing
- plodding
- slaving
- applying
- pegging
- humping
- travailing
- drudging
- moiling
- exerting
- putting out