LOLLYGAG

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


Etymology

Verb

lollygag (third-person singular simple present lollygags, present participle lollygagging, simple past and past participle lollygagged)

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

Synonyms: dawdle, shirk, slack, procrastinate, Thesaurus:shirk

(US, dated, 19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually.

Noun

lollygag (uncountable)

(US) Silliness, nonsense.

Source: Wiktionary



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