Stop lollygagging! […] He ate ALL the ship's food! 'Zat your friend? Show him outta here!
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Lollygag
//ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ//
Synonyms for "lollygag" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
Verb(18 words)
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Translations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥαθυμέω verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Czech
2 entries- chytat lelky verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- lelkovat verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Dutch
2 entries- lanterfanten verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- treuzelen verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
French
4 entries- absurdité noun (silliness)
- glander verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- glandouiller verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- paresser verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
German
3 entries- Unsinn noun (silliness)
- schlampen verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- trödeln verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Polish
2 entries- bałamucić verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- zbałamucić verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Russian
1 entries- безде́льничать verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bedastoća noun (silliness)
- besposličariti verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- lenstvovati verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
- ljenčariti verb (dawdle; to avoid work)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Now this plaintiff thinks how poor he hereafter will have to live, for the sake of old Green's having a fine fat woman to lollygag with.
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Lovemaking and lollygagging are hereby strictly forbidden. […] The holding of hands, osculation and constant embracing of WAVES, corpsmen or civilians and sailors or any combination of male and female personnel is a violation of naval discipline. […]
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At the fair the other day George and Sue were lollygagging around like two sick kittens.
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