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lollygag

verbnoun
Quick answer

As a verb, lollygag means dawdle. As a noun, it means silliness, nonsense.

Meanings of lollygag

4 meanings

verb

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

  2. Be about a place without any apparent purpose

    “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”

    “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”

    Similar: loiter, lounge, footle, loaf, lallygag, hang around
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. USdated19th-20th centuriesTo fool around, especially sexually.

noun

  1. USSilliness, nonsense.

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

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

lollygag around the world

USTo dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
USTo fool around, especially sexually.
USSilliness, nonsense.

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verb: be about a place without any apparent purpose
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