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boondoggle

boondoggle

3 definitions found for boondoggle

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  boondoggle \boon"dog*gle\ v.
     to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  boondoggle \boon"dog*gle\ v.
     1. a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for
        various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.
  
     2. 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.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  boondoggle
      n 1: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
      v 1: do useless, wasteful, or trivial work