lollygagged
Moved without purpose
Lollygagged is the past tense of lollygag, meaning to spend time idly, dawdle, or fool around instead of doing something productive: We lollygagged at the mall instead of studying.
The word has a playful, old-fashioned quality and suggests aimless puttering rather than deliberate procrastination.
Wasted time through indecision
- tarriedDelayed in departing
- dalliedIdled or delayed
- lingeredRemained beyond expected
- loiteredWaited idly somewhere
procrastinated · shilly-shallied · poked · puttered · moseyed · sauntered · ambled · strolled
Spent time idly
- loungedRested in relaxed posture
- slackedReduced one's effort
- veggedRelaxed idly, mindlessly
- bummedCasually disappointed or downcast
goofed off · goldbricked · shirked · malingered · idled · daydreamed · chilled · coasted
dillydallied
Wasted time through indecision
loitered · procrastinated · shilly-shallied · poked · puttered · moseyed · sauntered · ambled · strolled · meandered
lazed
Spent time idly
bummed · goofed off · goldbricked · shirked · malingered · idled · daydreamed · chilled · coasted · slacked off
drifted
Moved without aim
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- rambledSpoke aimlessly, at length
- meanderedTraveled without direct course
moseyed · strolled · sauntered · ambled · browsed · poked around · pottered · tooled around · traipsed · gallivanted