lallygag

• Verbe informel utilisé pour décrire le fait de flâner, de perdre son temps ou de traîner sans but précis, souvent en Amérique du Nord. Il évoque l'oisiveté ou le fait de remettre à plus tard une action.

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.

   Perdre son temps

   • 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.

   Synonymesdallydawdledilly-dallyidlelagloafloiterloungeprocrastinatesaunter

   Antonymeshustlelaborstrivetoilwork

2. To loiter or be aboutB2informalamerican

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

   Flâner, traîner

   • 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.

   Synonymesambledawdlehang aroundidlelingerloiterlollsaunterstroll

   Antonymesdashhurryrushscurryspeed