kill-time

noun

Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

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Meanings

nounkill-time (plural kill-times)

plural kill-times

  1. obsoleteSomething which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

    For as to the devotees of the circulating libraries, I dare not compliment their pass-time, or rather kill-time, with the name of reading.

    1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, chapter 3, in Biographia Literaria, footnote, published 1889, page 24

    Synonyms: amusement, diversion, hobby, pastime, sport

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomething which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

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amusementdiversionhobbypastimesport
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amusementavocationfancyhobbypastimepursuitsport

Origin

From kill + time.

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Cite this entry
APA

kill-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill-time

MLA

“kill-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill-time. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kill-time,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill-time.

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