[boon-dog-uh
l, -daw-guhl] 
noun, verb, -gled, -gling.| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. |
| 3. | a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation. |
| 4. | to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme. |
| 5. | to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy. |
| boon·dog·gle (bōōn'dô'gəl, -dŏg'əl) n.
To waste time or money on a boondoggle. [Coined by Robert H. Link (died 1957), American scoutmaster.] boon'dog'gler n. |