loafed about
Wasted time aimlessly
To loaf about is to spend time idly, doing nothing productive—lounging, wandering aimlessly, or simply killing time: We loafed about the house all Sunday.
The phrase emphasizes leisurely purposelessness rather than rest.
British speakers favor "loaf about" while Americans typically say "loaf around."
- procrastinatingPostponing what needs doing
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
- idlingOperating without working
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- doing nothingAbsence of activity
lounging · hanging out · goofing off · lazing · lying around · shirking · wasting time · frittering away · vegging out · couch potato · malingering · dawdling · dilly-dallying · twiddling thumbs · bumming around · killing time · whiling away · sitting around
activity and industriousness
loafed aboutworked hard
toiled · labored · hustled · industrious · slaved away