- lollygag (around)
- lollygag (around)to loaf; to loiter. •
How can I get my work done with you lollygagging around?
•I spent my vacation just lollygagging.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
lollygag (around)
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lollygag — ☆ lollygag [lä′lē gag΄ ] vi. lollygagged, lollygagging [var. of lallygag < ?] Informal to waste time in trifling or aimless activity; fool around … English World dictionary
lollygag — verb be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag, ↑hang around, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lollygag — also lallygag intransitive verb ( gagged; gagging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1868 fool around 1 ; dawdle … New Collegiate Dictionary
lollygag — be idle, be listless, waste time (See the opposite: waste no time Hank isn t busy today. He s just lollygagging around the house … English idioms
hang around — verb be about (Freq. 7) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mill around — verb 1. be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag … Useful english dictionary
slop around/about — (Brit. informal) LAZE (AROUND/ABOUT), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), loaf (around/about), slouch (about/around); informal … Useful english dictionary
potter about/around — DO NOTHING MUCH, fiddle about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around; Brit. informal muck about/around; N. Amer. informal putter about/around, lollygag. → potter … Useful english dictionary
idle — Synonyms and related words: abortive, absurd, airy, amble, ambling, asinine, asleep, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, baseless, be a sideliner, be still, bootless, brogue, bum, bum around, catchpenny,… … Moby Thesaurus
loiter — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bum, bum around, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, do nothing, doodle, drag, fall behind, falter, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with … Moby Thesaurus
mill about — verb 1. be about (Freq. 1) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
