kill-time

British  

noun

1. 1. an occupation that passes the time

   2. ( as modifier )

      kill-time pursuits

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kill time Idioms  

1. Pass time aimlessly. For example, There was nothing to do, so I sat around killing time until dinner was ready. This idiom was first recorded about 1768.

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Example Sentences

Hardly had he embarked upon a little kill-time tour through the public rooms when he heard hurrying steps behind him, and turned to confront Nan Ellis.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

What sailorizing was undertaken was in the nature of kill-time, and well understood as such by the men.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

"It's kill-time for the rest of the day," he stated.

From The Settling of the Sage by Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George)

As far as possible work was confined to the fore part of the ship, and beside the ordinary routine little was done but the plaiting of rope yarns into sennit—always a kill-time.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

The wagon did not move on when the men had finished working the herd as the rest of the day had been set aside for kill-time.

From The Settling of the Sage by Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George)