lollygag

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

   Stop lollygagging! […] He ate ALL the ship's food! 'Zat your friend? Show him outta here!

   1993, Secret of Mana (fantasy)

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   Now this plaintiff thinks how poor he hereafter will have to live, for the sake of old Green's having a fine fat woman to lollygag with.

   1889, Albany Law Journal, page 79

   Synonyms: dawdle, shirk, slack, procrastinate, blow off, cop out, dog, doss

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

   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

3. USdated19th-20th centuriesTo effusively (often excessively) display affection.

   At the fair the other day George and Sue were lollygagging around like two sick kittens.

   1912, Dialect Notes. Vol III (1905-1912). Publication of the American Dialect Society., page 582

plural lollygags · alternative lallygag · alternative lollygog · alternative lalligag · alternative lolligag

1. USuncountableSilliness, nonsense.

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

2. UScountabledatedA useless or worthless person or thing.

   The lallygag strolls down the road that leads to Failureville.