Idioms for time

Origin of time

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1

OTHER WORDS FROM time

re·time, verb (used with object), re·timed, re·tim·ing. un·timed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH time

thyme time

British Dictionary definitions for kill time

time
/ (taɪm) /

noun

verb (tr)

interjection

the word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing time

Word Origin for time

Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide 1

Medical definitions for kill time

time
[ tīm ]

n.

A duration or relation of events expressed in terms of past, present, and future, and measured in units such as minutes, hours, days, months, or years.
A certain period during which something is done.

Scientific definitions for kill time

time
[ tīm ]

A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence proceeding from the past through the present to the future. See Note at space-time.
  1. An interval separating two points of this quantity; a duration.
  2. A system or reference frame in which such intervals are measured or such quantities are calculated.

Idioms and Phrases with kill time (1 of 2)

kill time

Pass time aimlessly. For example, There was nothing to do, so I sat around killing time until dinner was ready. This idiom was first recorded about 1768.

Idioms and Phrases with kill time (2 of 2)

time