fiddle away

verb

fiddled away; fiddling away; fiddles away

transitive verb

: to fritter away

fiddling away the time

Synonyms

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

Examples of fiddle away in a Sentence

fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined above