LALLYGAG

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

lallygag (countable and uncountable, plural lallygags)

Horseplay, fooling around.

A layabout, one who lallygags.

Verb

lallygag (third-person singular simple present lallygags, present participle lallygagging, simple past and past participle lallygagged)

(See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.

(archaic, US) To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.

Source: Wiktionary



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