n
(humorous, rare) The act of sitting around doing nothing for long periods of time.
n
The act of loafing around; hesitation
v
(intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.
v
(transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
n
(idiomatic) Something extremely easy.
n
(slang, Britain and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
v
(informal, intransitive) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.
n
(UK, informal) Something easily done or obtained.
v
To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace.
n
The act of strolling around aimlessly as an aid to creativity.
n
idling about, dawdling about, loafing about
v
(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
v
(dialect, intransitive) ramble, wander
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To spend time doing nothing in particular.
v
(Britain, idiomatic) To procrastinate; to take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.
v
(intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
n
One who lags; that which comes in last.
v
(See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
v
(intransitive, informal) To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
v
(intransitive, informal) To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
v
(intransitive, Malaysia, Singapore) To loiter about casually; to hang out.
v
(Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) to do nothing in particular, be idle.
n
The idle behaviour of somebody who loafs.
adv
While loafing or idling.
n
The action of the verb loiter.
v
(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
v
(obsolete) To act lazily, loll, lie around.
v
(US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
v
To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.
v
To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
v
(Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
n
An instance or period of roaming.
n
A loiterer; One who goes where he or she does not belong and avoids what he or she should be doing
v
(Britain) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
v
To dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away.
v
(informal) To waste time in multiple ways at once.
v
(slang, obsolete) To hang around aimlessly; to loiter.
adj
(Scotland, Northern England, colloquial) leaving, on one's way
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time
n
One who procrastinates; one who delays working on things.
v
(intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.
n
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
adj
(Scotland) roving; rambling
n
(idiomatic) A series of difficult circumstances.
adv
(law) With that violation of law called a rout.
v
(idiomatic, vulgar) To be very lazy and idle, especially when immediate action is required.
n
(obsolete, chiefly nautical, military) One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
n
(dated, US) A person who seeks to avoid military service.
v
(UK, archaic, intransitive) To move in a slouching manner.
n
(informal, UK) A person, especially a child, who moves slowly.
v
(intransitive) To waste time.
n
One who delays working on things; a procrastinator.
v
(UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
v
To wander or move at random.
v
To walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around".
v
To hover or loiter aimlessly around a place.
v
To allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.
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