all the time
Also, all the while. Throughout a specific period, as in All the time the music was playing she tapped her foot, or The baby slept all the while the fire was being put out. [Late 1400s]
Continuously, without interruption, as in That old refrigerator is running all the time.
Frequently, repeatedly, as in He goes to that store all the time.
| all the time | |
adverb | |
| without respite; "he plays chess day in and day out" [syn: day in and day out] |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |