kill time

== English == === Alternative forms === killtime (video games) === Pronunciation === === Verb === kill time (third-person singular simple present kills time, present participle killing time, simple past and past participle killed time) (informal, intransitive) To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities. 1982, Adele Geras, The Green behind the Glass (U.S. title: Snapshots of Paradise), Lions Teen Tracks, She’s up there now, thought Bella, up in that freezing studio, killing time till the child comes home, mooning, dreaming, turning disjointed thoughts over in her head, and we'll pay for it. ==== Derived terms ==== kill-time ==== Related terms ==== time killer time to kill ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== chronocide killing time waste time === Noun === kill time (plural kill times) (video games) The time it takes for something to kill something else. Synonym: time to kill