lollygag
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lallygags, 3rd person singular present; lollygagging, present participle; lollygags, 3rd person singular present; lallygagged, past participle; lollygagged, past participle; lollygagged, past tense; lallygagging, present participle; lallygagged, past tense;
/ˈlälēˌgag/,
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lallygags, 3rd person singular present; lollygagging, present participle; lollygags, 3rd person singular present; lallygagged, past participle; lollygagged, past participle; lollygagged, past tense; lallygagging, present participle; lallygagged, past tense;
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Spend time aimlessly; idle
- - he sends her to Arizona every January to lollygag in the sun
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Dawdle
- - we're lollygagging along
Web Definitions:
- loiter: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- Silliness, nonsense; To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort
- (lollygagging) The sailor-like habit of fooling around or to dawdle.
- In the 14th and 15th centuries, the so-called "Lollards"—a pejorative meaning something like "traveling mutterers"—traveled about England preaching that human nature is not sinful but perfect, and that because the world is still the Garden of Eden (i.e. it's not "fallen"), no one should work. ...
- To move slowly, fall behind.