lollygag

Thân thiện

The students lollygag by the fountain after school.

Definition

1. Verb (Intransitive):
   • To spend time idly or aimlessly; to dawdle, linger, or move slowly and without purpose.

Usage

• This verb describes the action of wasting time by being slow, lingering, or delaying progress. It is often used in informal contexts to express mild disapproval of someone's lack of activity or purpose.
• It is an intransitive verb and does not take a direct object.

Examples

• Verb:
  • Don't lollygag on your way home from school.
  • We can't lollygag here all day; we have a schedule to keep.
  • He tends to lollygag in the morning, making him late for work.

Advanced Usage

• "to lollygag around": To spend time idly in a particular place or area.
  • The teenagers were lollygagging around the mall.

Variants and Related Words

• Lollygagger (n): A person who lollygags.
  • He's such a lollygagger that he's always the last to finish.

Synonyms

• Loiter: To stand or wait around idly without a clear purpose.
• Dawdle: To waste time; to be slow.
• Linger: To stay in a place longer than necessary.
• Dilly-dally: To waste time, especially by indecision. (Informal)

Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions

• Hang around: To spend time in a place, often with no particular purpose.
  • He likes to hang around the library after class.
• Laze about/around: To spend time relaxing or being idle.
  • I just want to laze about this weekend.

Học thuật

Verb

1. be about
   • The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
   • Who is this man that is hanging around the department?