lallygag v : be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around] [also: lallygagging, lallygagged]

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• lollygag

Noun

1. horseplay, fooling around.
2. A layabout, one who lallygags.

Verb

1. (See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
2. In the context of "archaic|US": To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.

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