squander

Meaning

Verb

• To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
• To scatter; to disperse.
• To wander at random; to scatter.

Related

Similar words

• waste, splurge
• ducks and drakes
• throw away

Origin

• Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a .
• Compare Danish skvætte /skvatte (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta, Swedish skvätta, Norwegian Bokmål skvette.