lollygag
English
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- (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
- (US, dated, 19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually.
- 1946, Captain C. F. Behrens, MC, USN, quoted in Time Magazine, volume 47, part 1, page 74, 1946:
- Lovemaking and lollygagging are hereby strictly forbidden. [...] The holding of hands, osculation and constant embracing of WAVES, corpsmen or civilians and sailors or any combination of male and female personnel is a violation of naval discipline. [...]
- 1946, Captain C. F. Behrens, MC, USN, quoted in Time Magazine, volume 47, part 1, page 74, 1946:
Synonyms
- (dawdle, avoid work) dawdle, shirk, slack, procrastinate
Translations
dawdle; to avoid work
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Noun
lollygag (uncountable)
- (US) Silliness, nonsense.
- He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.
Translations
silliness
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