lollygags
Idles without purpose
Lollygags means to spend time aimlessly, dawdle, or fool around instead of doing something productive: Stop lollygagging and get to work.
The word carries a mildly playful tone, suggesting harmless idleness rather than serious laziness.
Also spelled lollygag.
Linger without purpose
- dallyLoiter without purpose
- tarryDelay one's leaving
- lingerStay beyond necessity
- loiterRemain idly in place
meander · saunter · amble · mosey · stroll · plod · shuffle · trudge
Baked bread shape
- lazePass time idly
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- slackAbsence of tautness
- shirkEvade one's obligations
skive · vegetate · fritter · waste time · kill time · goof off · bum around · do nothing
dawdle
Linger without purpose
loiter · meander · saunter · amble · mosey · stroll · plod · shuffle · trudge · lag
loaf
Baked bread shape
shirk · skive · vegetate · fritter · waste time · kill time · goof off · bum around · do nothing · twiddle thumbs
delay
Enforced waiting period
put off · hesitate · dither · shilly-shally · temporize · foot-dragging · avoidance · neglect · remiss · procrastinate
lollygagsbuckles down
Begins concentrated effort
knuckles down · toils · labors · applies oneself · focuses