lallygag

• Verbo informal, usado sobre todo en inglés americano, que describe pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada, holgazanear, moverse lentamente o retrasarse sin propósito.

A verb used to describe the act of spending time idly, loitering, or dawdling; often used in informal or regional American English.

1. To waste timeB2informalamerican

   To spend time idly or dawdle; to engage in trivial activities instead of doing something productive.

   Perder el tiempo

   • Stop lallygagging and get your homework done!
   • They spent the afternoon lallygagging around the park.
   • He tends to lallygag at work when there's no supervision.

   Sinónimosdallydawdledilly-dallyidlelagloafloiterloungeprocrastinatesaunter

   Antónimoshustlelaborstrivetoilwork

2. To loiter or be aboutB2informalamerican

   To remain in a place without a clear purpose; to hang around idly.

   Holgazanear, vaguear

   • The teenagers were lallygagging near the store entrance.
   • She was just lallygagging in the hallway, not going anywhere.
   • We saw a group lallygagging by the fountain all morning.

   Sinónimosambledawdlehang aroundidlelingerloiterlollsaunterstroll

   Antónimosdashhurryrushscurryspeed