as in played
to spend time in aimless activity
somehow, he managed to spend the whole morning fribbling instead of doing his assigned work
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Chris Sanon, the Orlando area’s leader in sacks a year ago, played well in his move to linebacker from edge rusher.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026 -
He’s only played in four major championships in his career.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Not too long ago, artificial intelligence was more or less a science project in which data scientists and developers fooled around with one-off small or test projects.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Fribbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fribbled. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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