lallygag

• Verbo usado para descrever o ato de passar o tempo à toa, sem fazer nada de útil ou demorando-se propositalmente; comum em inglês americano informal ou regional.

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.

   Vadiar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdallydawdledilly-dallyidlelagloafloiterloungeprocrastinatesaunter

   Antônimoshustlelaborstrivetoilwork

2. To loiter or be aboutB2informalamerican

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

   Vadiar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosambledawdlehang aroundidlelingerloiterlollsaunterstroll

   Antônimosdashhurryrushscurryspeed