Definition of boondoggle
boondoggle 
noun
- a waste of time and/or money.
Citation from "Good Advices", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to waste time.
Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 25 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'to waste time': | |
| Definitions include: to waste time. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around". | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around". | |
| Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in an unproductive activity; waste time. | |
| Definitions include: to waste one's time. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time, mess around. | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
| Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation. | |
| Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact. | |
| Definitions include: to do nothing of value. | |
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| Definitions include: disgruntled or full up. | |
| Definitions include: overly curious. | |
| Definitions include: "very". | |
| Definitions include: perseverance. | |
| Definitions include: to tattoo. | |
| Definitions include: burnt out or deadbeat. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with "What's up?". | |
| Definitions include: to look for hidden subtext. | |
| Definitions include: Lawrence means a womanizer, predator, sex addict, not to be trusted. | |
| Definitions include: a person on the crew of a pornographic film whose job is to make the leading male erect, when required. |
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