to lollygag
2
9.5
- verb
- /ˈlɑliˌɡæɡ/
- Informal
:
holgazanear
- Instead of working on the project, they decided to lollygag in the sun.
You can pussyfoot, you can lollygag, you can dilly dally, you can take your sweet ass time.
- You can pussyfoot, you can lollygag, you can dilly dally, you can take your sweet ass time.
- But if I'm walking behind people, like let's say there's three people and they're talking, you can tell they're all together, but they're lollygagging.
Examples
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You lollygag your way down to first!
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Apparently just me because someone lollygagged this morning.
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Or just to lollygag until a great
Blog text (14) -
You lollygag in and out of the dugout.
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Don't lollygag out there, just get the bird.
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"Come on," she says, "don't lollygag."
Fiction book (1990) -
But that's because you have time to lollygag.
Blog text (25) -
We had like so many hours but we were just lollygagging, talking, watching Jlo's YouTube channel.
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"I'm tearing the engine out of the mayor's RV in the morning, I ain't got time to lollygag."
Fiction book (1999) -
He spent the afternoon lollygagging at the mall instead of studying for his exam.
Synonyms
407
2.0
To stay in a place without doing anything important
350
1.1
To spend time sitting and doing very little without a clear purpose
207
3.7
To stay in a place longer than expected because you do not want to leave
111
4.1
To spend time doing playful or unplanned activities
43
3.7
To spend time doing nothing useful
26
5.4
To stand or wait in a place without a clear reason
12
2.7
To sit or lie in a place and relax
9
3.7
Move around slowly in a place without any clear purpose, often in a group
7
6.2
To spend time doing little or nothing instead of working
7
7.5
To stay in a place longer than expected
7
4.3
To spend time relaxing and doing very little
7
5.3
To move around a place without a clear reason, often in a group
5
7.9
To waste time by delaying when you should act
5
3.8
To relax and do very little
5
6.5
To spend time doing small, not important tasks slowly without a clear plan
4
7.3
Waste time by acting silly instead of working
3
5.9
To spend time somewhere doing nothing special
3
9.0
To move around places for pleasure without a plan
3
7.9
Spend time doing very little or nothing
3
8.4
To spend time doing not important things in a relaxed way
2
7.7
To spend time doing nothing useful
2
8.6
To spend time doing very little and moving around without plans
1
8.7
To spend time doing things that are not important
1
9.2
To spend time doing small unimportant things instead of working
1
8.7
To waste time doing small unimportant things
1
4.4
To spend time doing very little and relaxing
1
3.4
To spend time lazily doing little or nothing
1
7.7
To spend time doing nothing and not working
1
6.5
To spend time doing nothing in a lazy way
1
9.9
Move around without a clear plan or purpose
1
6.5
To move around slowly doing small jobs in no hurry
1
9.9
To think about pleasant things instead of paying attention
1
9.9
To waste time instead of doing something useful
1
9.9
To waste time doing silly or lazy things instead of useful work
To waste time doing small, unimportant things
To travel slowly without a clear plan
To spend time on things that are not useful
To spend time idly on unimportant things
To waste time on small unimportant things
To spend time doing small unimportant things with no real plan
Spend time or money on unimportant things
Act in a silly, aimless way and waste time
To waste time instead of doing something useful
Antonyms
How Idle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lollygag probably comes from the older word loll, which means 'to lounge' or 'relax', combined with a playful ending -gag. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone lying around doing silly little things, so to lollygag is to waste time or dawdle.