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All lollygagging synonyms

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verb lollygagging

  • poke β€” to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • slither β€” to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
  • drag β€” drag and drop
  • wriggle β€” to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
  • plod β€” to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
  • slide β€” to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
  • squirm β€” to wriggle or writhe.
  • clamber β€” If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet.
  • inch β€” a small island near the seacoast.
  • creep β€” When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
  • writhe β€” to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
  • grovel β€” to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
  • lag β€” netlag
  • lollygag β€” lallygag.
  • worm β€” Write-Once Read-Many
  • scrabble β€” to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
  • linger β€” to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
  • putter β€” to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
  • tarry β€” to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
  • procrastinate β€” to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • trail β€” to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
  • idle β€” not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  • loiter β€” to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
  • boondoggle β€” People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
  • squander β€” to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
  • dawdle β€” If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  • twiddle β€” to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
  • coquet β€” to behave flirtatiously
  • wanton β€” done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
  • monkey β€” any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • lounge β€” to pass time idly and indolently.
  • philander β€” (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • waste β€” to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • fool β€” to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
  • play β€” a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • dilly-dally β€” to loiter or vacillate
  • palter β€” to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
  • toy β€” an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
  • fidget β€” to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
  • misuse β€” wrong or improper use; misapplication.
  • dally β€” If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
  • dabble β€” If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
  • flirt β€” to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
  • fritter β€” to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
  • potter β€” Beatrix [bee-uh-triks] /ˈbi Ι™ trΙͺks/ (Show IPA), 1866–1943, English writer and illustrator of children's books.
  • dillydally β€” to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
  • goof off β€” to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • kill time β€” the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • shilly-shally β€” to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
  • lose time β€” delay, fail to act
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