Boondoggle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.
  • n. A braided leather cord worn as a decoration especially by Boy Scouts.
  • n. A cord of braided leather, fabric, or plastic strips made by a child as a project to keep busy.
  • verb-intransitive. To waste time or money on a boondoggle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle.
  • n. A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.
  • v. To waste time on a pointless activity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.
  • v. a useless, wasteful, or impractical project; -- especially one authorized by a government agency as a favor to partisans, to employ unemployed people, or in return for corrupt payments.
  • v. to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
  • n. work of little or no value done merely to look busy
    • Verb Form
    boondoggled    boondoggles    boondoggling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    waste    wastefulness    dissipation   
    Cross Reference
    elephant    white    l    en   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    woggle    l    en   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boggle    goggle    noggle    toggle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    centralism    quango    shakeup    recasting    screwup   
     
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