bumming around
Wasting time aimlessly
Bumming around is idling or wandering without purpose or productivity.
It suggests casual, aimless activity—killing time rather than accomplishing anything: I spent the summer bumming around Europe, We're just bumming around the house today.
The phrase carries little judgment; it's closer to relaxing than being lazy.
- loafingPassing time idly
- doing nothingAbsence of activity
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- wandering aimlesslyMoving without purpose or goal
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
wander · carefree · free spirit · chilling · taking it easy · lounging · vagabonding · drifting · on the road · dawdle · moseying · spontaneous · daydreaming · footloose · nomadic · laid-back · sauntering · hanging out
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, slacking, loafing, chilling, hanging out
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
bumming aroundgetting things done
Accomplishing tasks effectively
on a mission · hustling · grinding · toiling · laboring
bumming aroundtoiling
Working strenuously, exhaustingly
laboring · slaving away · burning the midnight oil · nose to the grindstone · earning a living