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ALL meanings of boondoggle

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  • countable noun boondoggle People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. 3
  • verb boondoggle to do futile and unnecessary work 3
  • noun boondoggle a futile and unnecessary project or work 3
  • noun boondoggle a trifling or pointless project, expenditure, etc.; now esp., one financed by public funds 3
  • intransitive verb boondoggle to engage in a boondoggle 3
  • noun boondoggle a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout. 1
  • noun boondoggle work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. 1
  • noun boondoggle a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation. 1
  • verb with object boondoggle to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme. 1
  • verb without object boondoggle to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy. 1
  • noun boondoggle project that wastes time and money 1
  • intransitive verb boondoggle waste time and money on sth 1
  • transitive verb boondoggle deceive 1
  • noun boondoggle A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle. 0
  • noun boondoggle (US) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity. 0
  • verb boondoggle (Intransitive Verb) To waste time on a pointless activity. 0
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