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