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lallygag
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb lallygag has 1 sense
- lallygag(v = verb.stative) footle, hang around, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" is one way to be
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
lallygag, v.intr. (lallygagged, lallygagging) US sl.
1 loiter.
2 cuddle amorously.
1 loiter.
2 cuddle amorously.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
lallygag
bill and coo, bum, copulate, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, doodle, drag, falter, flag, goldbrick, goof off, halt, lag, laze, linger, loaf, loiter, loll, lollygag, lounge, make love, make out, neck, pet, piddle, poke, shilly-shally, smooch, spoon, sweet-talk, tarry, toy, trail, trifle, wanton, waste time, whisper sweet nothings
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