fribbling
/ˈfrɪblɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of fribble: wasting time or acting in a silly, trivial way.
- Fribbling all day left her with nothing accomplished.
- Stop fribbling and get to work on your essay.
- They were fribbling in the backyard instead of mowing the lawn.
adjective
- Characterized by trivial or silly behavior; time-wasting.
- The fribbling conversation at the party bored everyone.
- His fribbling attitude annoyed the serious members of the team.
- She had a fribbling habit of checking her phone every few seconds.
noun
- The act of wasting time or engaging in trivial activities.
- All this fribbling is keeping us from finishing the project.
- His constant fribbling made him fail the exam.
- The afternoon was lost to fribbling and daydreaming.