fribble
/ˈfrɪbəl/
verb
- To waste time or act in a silly, frivolous way.
- Stop fribbling and finish your homework.
- They spent the afternoon fribbling around the park instead of studying.
- He fribbled away his allowance on useless gadgets.
noun
- A person who wastes time or is silly and frivolous.
- He was dismissed as a fribble by his serious-minded colleagues.
- The court was full of fribbles who cared only about fashion.
- Don't be such a fribble — we have work to do.
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