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All lollygagging synonyms

lol·ly·gag
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verb lollygagging

  • piddle — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
  • take one's time — 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.
  • hang back — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
  • horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
  • hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • jerk off — a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
  • while away — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
  • coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
  • diddle — If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
  • doodle — a small pile of hay; haystack.
  • hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
  • slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
  • bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
  • dog it — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • featherbed — A bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers.
  • hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • monkey around — 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.
  • screw off — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • take it easy — relax
  • drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • fribble — to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
  • futz around — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
  • lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
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