lollygag 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, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• /'lɒlɪgæg/

Verb

1. To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.

   He was not about to tolerate such lollygagging from Vanna on work time.

2. To kiss, fondle or otherwise make out with.

Synonyms

• (dawdle, avoid work) dawdle, shirk, slack

Translations

Noun

1. Silliness, nonsense.

   He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.

Translations

bill and coo, copulate, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, doodle, drag, falter, flag, goof off, halt, lag, linger, loiter, make love, make out, neck, pet, piddle, poke, shilly-shally, smooch, spoon, sweet-talk, tarry, toy, trail, trifle, wanton, waste time, whisper sweet nothings