1. killing time - Noun
2. killing time - Verb
killing time (plural killing times)
The act of being idle.
killing time
present participle of kill time
And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity. Miguel de Unamuno
Come on, come on, and there'll be no turning back, You were only killing time and it can kill you right back, Come on, come on! It's time to burn up the fuse, You got nothing to do and even less to lose... Jim Steinman
(To audience members who were arriving late) You haven't missed a thing, I was just killing time 'til you got here. Billy Connolly
Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you. Paulo Coelho
We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy. Joshua Ferris
I'm killing time and it's dying hard. Raymond Chandler