fiddle away

fiddle away

verb

Definition of FIDDLE AWAY

transitive verb

: to fritter away <fiddling away the time>

Examples of FIDDLE AWAY

1. <fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet>

First Known Use of FIDDLE AWAY

1667

Related to FIDDLE AWAY

Synonyms: blow, dissipate, waste, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)

Antonyms: conserve

Related Words: splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay out

Near Antonyms: economize, scrimp, skimp; preserve, protect, save; hoard, lay up

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Rhymes with FIDDLE AWAY

African gray, areaway, Armistice Day, Ascension Day, auto-da-fé, bank holiday, beta decay, bioassay, boulevardier, cabriolet, café au lait, cantabile, Cardigan Bay, carry away, cDNA, Chesapeake Bay, chronicle play, communiqué, companionway, corps de ballet, costumier, couturier, décolleté, Delaware Bay, devil to pay, diamanté, Dies Irae, Discovery Day, Dominion Day, Election Day, electric ray, far and away, felo-de-se, Fiesole, Giant's Causeway, habitué, High Holiday, instant replay, Jamaica Bay, Jubilate, Korea Bay, laissez-passer, Lavoisier, medley relay, mezzo forte, microarray, Midsummer Day, miracle play, Morgan le Fay, objet trouvé, off-off-Broadway, out-of-the-way, papier collé, papier-mâché, pas de bourrée, Patriots' Day, photo-essay, Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Fumé, prêt-à-porter, Presidents' Day, roche moutonnée, Rogation Day, roman à clef, roturier, Saginaw Bay, sine die, sub judice, superhighway, Thanksgiving Day, ukiyo-e, Ulan-Ude, Valentine's Day, Veterans Day, yerba maté