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loiter about
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loiter about
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loll
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related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
diddle
,
do nothing
,
droop
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goof off
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop
,
lollop around
,
lop
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
settle to rest
,
sit around
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
slump
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
trollop
hang around
collapse
related words >
abide
,
affect
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bum around
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
do nothing
,
frequent
,
goof off
,
hang about
,
hang out
,
hang out at
,
haunt
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
idle
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
linger
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mark time
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
resort
,
resort to
,
sit around
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
stand around
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
laze
collapse
related words >
amble
,
bum
,
bum around
,
claudicate
,
crawl
,
creep
,
do nothing
,
dogtrot
,
drag
,
drag along
,
drag out
,
go dead slow
,
go slow
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
hang around
,
hobble
,
idle
,
idleness
,
inch
,
inch along
,
indolence
,
jog-trot
,
laziness
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
limp
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
mosey
,
poke
,
poke along
,
saunter
,
shuffle along
,
sit around
,
slothfulness
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
sluggishness
,
stagger along
,
stand around
,
stroll
,
toddle
,
toddle along
,
totter along
,
traipse
,
waddle
,
walk
,
worm
,
worm along
loaf
collapse
related words >
Communion
,
Eucharist
,
Holy Communion
,
Host
,
Last Supper
,
Sacrament Sunday
,
altar bread
,
batch
,
bean
,
block
,
brains
,
bread
,
bread and wine
,
brick
,
bulk
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cake
,
chump
,
chunk
,
clod
,
clump
,
consecrated bread
,
consecrated elements
,
consubstantiation
,
cube
,
do nothing
,
elements
,
fritter away
,
gob
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
hang around
,
head
,
hunk
,
idle
,
idle away
,
impanation
,
intinction
,
lallygag
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lollygag
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
lump
,
mass
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
noddle
,
noggin
,
noodle
,
nugget
,
pat
,
quantity
,
real presence
,
sense
,
sit around
,
skive
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
stand around
,
subpanation
,
take it easy
,
the Holy Sacrament
,
the Sacrament
,
transubstantiation
,
vegetate
,
wad
,
wafer
,
waste
lounge
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a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"
related words >
antechamber
,
anteroom
,
audience chamber
,
bar
,
barroom
,
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cocktail lounge
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
dally
,
divan
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
drinkery
,
foyer
,
front room
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
greenroom
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
languish
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
lobby
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
parlor
,
pothouse
,
presence chamber
,
pub
,
reception room
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
salon
,
saloon
,
saloon bar
,
settee
,
settle
,
settle to rest
,
side room
,
sit around
,
slack
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
snug down
,
sofa
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
studio couch
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
tap
,
taproom
,
tete-a-tete
,
throne room
,
vegetate
,
vestibule
,
waiting room
,
wardroom
bum around
collapse
related words >
do nothing
,
goof off
,
hang around
,
idle
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
loaf
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
sit around
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
stand around
loiter
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be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bum
,
bum around
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
do nothing
,
doodle
,
drag
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flag
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
get behind
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
lag
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loaf
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lollygag
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mark time
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
poke
,
potter
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
putter
,
shilly-shally
,
sit around
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
smatter
,
stand around
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
straggle
,
take time
,
tarry
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waste time
dilly
collapse
related words >
absurd
,
ace
,
balmy
,
beaut
,
corker
,
crackerjack
,
crazy
,
daisy
,
dally
,
dandy
,
darb
,
dillydally
,
dream
,
harebrained
,
honey
,
humdinger
,
insane
,
killer-diller
,
knockout
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollapaloosa
,
loony
,
lulu
,
nifty
,
peach
,
pip
,
pippin
,
poke
,
potty
,
put off
,
rouser
,
silly
,
sweetheart
,
tarry
,
the nuts
,
wacky
,
whiz
waste time
collapse
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
goof off
,
halt
,
kill time
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
potter
,
putter
,
shilly-shally
,
tarry
,
trail
,
trifle
lollygag
collapse
related words >
bill and coo
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goof off
,
halt
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
poke
,
shilly-shally
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarry
,
toy
,
trail
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whisper sweet nothings
lag behind
collapse
related words >
back
,
back up
,
come after
,
come last
,
dawdle
,
drag
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
follow
,
get behind
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
hang back
,
lag
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
revert
,
straggle
,
trail
,
trail behind
goof off
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
bum
,
bum around
,
bungler
,
clock watcher
,
cut
,
dallier
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
delay
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
dillydally
,
disregarder
,
do nothing
,
do-nothing
,
dodge
,
dodger
,
dog it
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drag
,
drone
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
faineant
,
falter
,
flag
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
get out of
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
halt
,
hang around
,
idle
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
jump
,
lag
,
laggard
,
laze
,
lazy
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lie around
,
lie-abed
,
linger
,
lingerer
,
loaf
,
loafer
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loiterer
,
loll
,
loll around
,
loller
,
lollop around
,
lollygag
,
lotus-eater
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
malinger
,
malingerer
,
miss
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
mope
,
moper
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
not pull fair
,
omit
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
shilly-shally
,
shirk
,
shirker
,
sit around
,
skip
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slacker
,
sleepyhead
,
slide out of
,
slip out of
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
sloucher
,
sloven
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
slut
,
snail
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
stand around
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tarry
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trail
,
trifle
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
,
waste time
,
welsh
lallygag
collapse
related words >
bill and coo
,
bum
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
halt
,
lag
,
laze
,
linger
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loll
,
lollygag
,
lounge
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
poke
,
shilly-shally
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarry
,
toy
,
trail
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whisper sweet nothings
stay up
collapse
not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
hold your horses
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
hold everything
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
stick around
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
remain
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
fall behind
collapse
related words >
back
,
back up
,
backslide
,
cock
,
come after
,
come last
,
dawdle
,
drag
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
follow
,
get behind
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
jerk back
,
lag
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
lose ground
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
slip back
,
straggle
,
trail
,
trail behind
play around
collapse
commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
related words >
cast coquettish glances
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
eye
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gallivant
,
gold-dig
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
look sweet upon
,
make eyes at
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
ogle
,
philander
,
piddle
,
play
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
run around
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
womanize
dillydally
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dilly
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
mark time
,
piddle
,
poke
,
put off
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take time
,
tarry
,
trail
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waste time
take time
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
buy time
,
consume time
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
keep time
,
kill time
,
linger
,
loiter
,
look for time
,
mark time
,
measure time
,
occupy time
,
pass time
,
put in time
,
race against time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
spend time
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
summer
,
take up time
,
tarry
,
use time
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
weekend
,
winter
,
work against time
lazy
collapse
moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"
related words >
Micawberish
,
airy
,
ambling
,
backward
,
bone-lazy
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cadging
,
careless
,
casual
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
claudicant
,
comatose
,
crawling
,
creeping
,
creeping like snail
,
cursory
,
dallying
,
degage
,
delaying
,
deliberate
,
dilatory
,
dillydallying
,
disregardant
,
disregardful
,
do nothing
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
faltering
,
flagging
,
flippant
,
foot-dragging
,
forgetful
,
free and easy
,
gentle
,
goldbrick
,
good-for-nothing
,
goof off
,
gradual
,
halting
,
hang around
,
heedless
,
hobbled
,
hobbling
,
idle
,
inactive
,
inconsiderate
,
indifferent
,
indolent
,
inert
,
insouciant
,
lackadaisical
,
laggard
,
lagging
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lax
,
laze
,
leisurely
,
lethargic
,
lie around
,
limping
,
lingering
,
listless
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loitering
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
lumbering
,
moderate
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
neglectful
,
negligent
,
nonaggressive
,
oblivious
,
offhand
,
otiose
,
parasitic
,
passive
,
perfunctory
,
poking
,
poky
,
procrastinating
,
procrastinative
,
procrastinatory
,
reckless
,
regardless
,
relaxed
,
reluctant
,
remiss
,
respectless
,
sauntering
,
scrounging
,
shiftless
,
shuffling
,
sit around
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
slow
,
slow as death
,
slow as molasses
,
slow as slow
,
slow-crawling
,
slow-foot
,
slow-going
,
slow-legged
,
slow-moving
,
slow-paced
,
slow-poky
,
slow-running
,
slow-sailing
,
slow-stepped
,
sluggish
,
snail-paced
,
snaillike
,
sponging
,
staggering
,
stand around
,
strolling
,
supine
,
tactless
,
tentative
,
thoughtless
,
toddling
,
torpid
,
tortoiselike
,
tottering
,
trifling
,
trudging
,
turtlelike
,
undiplomatic
,
unenterprising
,
unheedful
,
unheeding
,
unhurried
,
unmindful
,
unprepared
,
unready
,
unsolicitous
,
untactful
,
unthinking
,
waddling
,
work-shy
putter
collapse
the iron normally used on the putting green
a golfer who is putting
move around aimlessly
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
diddle
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
waste time
sit
collapse
be seated
be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
related words >
be gravid
,
be knocked up
,
be pregnant
,
be seated
,
be with child
,
breed
,
brood
,
bum around
,
call together
,
carry
,
carry young
,
clock
,
convene
,
convoke
,
cover
,
do nothing
,
ensconce
,
gestate
,
goof off
,
hang around
,
hatch
,
hold a meeting
,
hold a session
,
idle
,
incubate
,
install
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
loaf
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
meet
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
open
,
perch
,
posture
,
remain seated
,
rest
,
roost
,
seat
,
set
,
settle
,
sit around
,
sit down
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
squat
,
stand around
,
summon
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
toy with
collapse
related words >
be abstracted
,
be innocent of
,
brood
,
chew the cud
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
coquet
,
coquet with
,
dabble
,
dally
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
digest
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
give up
,
have no idea
,
horse around
,
idle
,
introspect
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
know a little
,
know not
,
know not what
,
know nothing of
,
loiter
,
meditate
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muse
,
not know
,
not rightly know
,
pass
,
perpend
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play around with
,
play with
,
ponder
,
potter
,
putter
,
reflect
,
ruminate
,
scratch the surface
,
smatter
,
speculate
,
study
,
tinker
,
toy
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
weigh
,
wonder
,
wonder whether
,
wot not of
twiddle
collapse
a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled her thumbs while waiting for the interview"
related words >
babble
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
come in contact
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
do nothing
,
feel
,
feel of
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget
,
fidget with
,
finger
,
finger with
,
flick
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gab
,
handle
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
juggle
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
manipulate
,
mess around
,
mess with
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
monkey with
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
ply
,
poke at
,
potter
,
prattle
,
prod
,
putter
,
rattle
,
smatter
,
tap
,
thumb
,
tinker
,
touch
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twirl
,
waste time
,
wield
,
wiggle
,
yak
fool around
collapse
related words >
antic
,
be foolish
,
be stupid
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carry on
,
cavort
,
clown
,
clown around
,
coquet
,
curvet
,
cut a dido
,
cut capers
,
cut up
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dance
,
disport
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fool
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frisk
,
frivol
,
frolic
,
gambol
,
get funny
,
go haywire
,
horse around
,
idle
,
invite ridicule
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play the buffoon
,
play the fool
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
rollick
,
romp
,
skip
,
smatter
,
sport
,
tinker
,
tomfool
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trip
,
twiddle
,
womanize
sit up
collapse
change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"
related words >
abide
,
arise
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bristle
,
cock up
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disentangle
,
extend
,
flatten
,
get up
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
jump up
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
put straight
,
ramp
,
rear
,
rear up
,
rectify
,
rise
,
rise up
,
set straight
,
sit bolt upright
,
sit tight
,
smooth
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
stick up
,
straighten
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
take time
,
tarry
,
unbend
,
uncurl
,
unkink
,
unsnarl
,
upheave
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
sit tight
collapse
maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be incognito
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
burrow
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay in hiding
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take cover
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wear a mask
kid around
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
coquet
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
dabble
,
dally
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fleer at
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jape
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
loiter
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mess around
,
mock
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play on words
,
play with
,
poke fun at
,
potter
,
pun
,
putter
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smatter
,
sparkle
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
mooch
collapse
ask for and get free; be a parasite
related words >
bat
,
bat around
,
beg
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cadge
,
count ties
,
divagate
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
flit
,
gad
,
gad about
,
gallivant
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
goof off
,
hang around
,
hit
,
hit the road
,
hit the trail
,
hit up
,
hobo
,
idle
,
jaunt
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie around
,
loaf
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
meander
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
nomadize
,
panhandle
,
pass the hat
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
prowl
,
ramble
,
range
,
roam
,
rove
,
run about
,
saunter
,
scrounge
,
sit around
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
stand around
,
straggle
,
stray
,
stroll
,
touch
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wayfare
mull
collapse
an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
related words >
addle
,
ball up
,
befuddle
,
benumb
,
bewilder
,
blunt
,
botch
,
botchery
,
candy
,
chafe
,
chew over
,
con
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
cook
,
dally
,
deliberate over
,
desensitize
,
dillydally
,
discombobulate
,
distract
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
edulcorate
,
electric-heat
,
evaluate
,
examine
,
fire
,
fire up
,
foment
,
fuddle
,
gas-heat
,
glaze
,
hash
,
heat
,
honey
,
hot
,
hot up
,
hot-air-heat
,
hot-water-heat
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mix-up
,
muddle
,
mull over
,
muse on
,
muss
,
numb
,
overheat
,
poke
,
ponder
,
preheat
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
recook
,
reheat
,
review
,
ruminate over
,
saccharify
,
shambles
,
steam
,
stoke up
,
study
,
sugar
,
sugar off
,
sugarcoat
,
superheat
,
sweeten
,
tarry
,
tepefy
,
think about
,
think over
,
throw off
,
turn over
,
warm
,
warm over
,
warm up
,
weigh
piddle
collapse
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
make water
,
mess around
,
micturition
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
number one
,
pass the time
,
pee
,
pee-pee
,
pish
,
piss
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
poke
,
potter
,
pump bilge
,
putter
,
smatter
,
spend a penny
,
stale
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
urea
,
urinate
,
urination
,
urine
,
waste time
,
water
,
wee-wee
,
wet
await
collapse
related words >
abide
,
anticipate
,
approach
,
be destined
,
be fated
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
be to be
,
be to come
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
brew
,
come
,
come on
,
confront
,
count
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
expect
,
face
,
foresee
,
foretell
,
forthcome
,
gather
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang over
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hope
,
hover
,
impend
,
lie ahead
,
lie over
,
linger
,
loiter
,
look
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
loom
,
lower
,
mark time
,
menace
,
near
,
overhang
,
plan
,
plot
,
predict
,
project
,
prophesy
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
sit up for
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stay up for
,
stick around
,
sweat
,
sweat it out
,
sweat out
,
take time
,
tarry
,
threaten
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wait for
,
wait on
,
wait up for
,
watch
,
watch and wait
potter
collapse
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
ceramicist
,
ceramist
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dally away
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
doodle
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
enamelist
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
glass cutter
,
glassblower
,
glazer
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
meddle with
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muddle away
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter away
,
puddle
,
putter
,
pyroglazer
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trifle away
,
trifle with
,
twiddle
,
waste time
,
while away
mark time
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be still
,
beat time
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
clock
,
coast
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
fix the time
,
freeze
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
keep quiet
,
keep time
,
lie still
,
linger
,
loiter
,
measure time
,
not breathe
,
not stir
,
remain
,
remain motionless
,
repose
,
rest
,
set the time
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
sit up for
,
stand
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand still
,
stay
,
stay put
,
stay up
,
stay up for
,
stick
,
stick around
,
stick fast
,
sweat
,
sweat it out
,
sweat out
,
take time
,
tarry
,
time
,
tread water
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wait for
,
wait on
,
wait up for
,
watch
,
watch and wait
procrastinate
collapse
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
related words >
abandon
,
be dilatory
,
continue
,
cut
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
defer
,
delay
,
drag
,
drag out
,
draw out
,
dwell on
,
equivocate
,
extend
,
filibuster
,
gain time
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jump
,
lag
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
let pass
,
let ride
,
let slide
,
let slip
,
linger
,
linger on
,
loiter
,
make time
,
malinger
,
miss
,
omit
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
pause
,
play for time
,
poke
,
postpone
,
pretermit
,
prolong
,
protract
,
put aside
,
put off
,
shelve
,
shilly-shally
,
shirk
,
skip
,
slack
,
spin out
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stay
,
stooge around
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
talk against time
,
tarry
,
temporize
,
tergiversate
,
trifle
,
vacillate
,
waver
tinker
collapse
formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
work as a tinker or tinkerer
related words >
cobble
,
cobbler
,
commission
,
condition
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
darn
,
do up
,
doctor
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fix
,
fix up
,
fixer
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
little Miss Fixit
,
loiter
,
maintenance man
,
mechanic
,
mechanician
,
meddle
,
mend
,
mender
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
overhaul
,
patch
,
patch up
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
put in commission
,
put in order
,
put in repair
,
put in shape
,
putter
,
ready
,
recap
,
recondition
,
renovator
,
repair
,
repairer
,
repairman
,
restorer
,
retread
,
service
,
serviceman
,
set to rights
,
sew up
,
smatter
,
tinker up
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trouble man
,
troubleshooter
,
twiddle
horse around
collapse
indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
related words >
act up
,
antic
,
be foolish
,
be stupid
,
behave ill
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carry on
,
cavort
,
clown
,
clown around
,
coquet
,
curvet
,
cut a dido
,
cut capers
,
cut up
,
cut up rough
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dance
,
disport
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frisk
,
frivol
,
frolic
,
gambol
,
get funny
,
get into mischief
,
go haywire
,
go on
,
hell around
,
idle
,
invite ridicule
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
maffick
,
mess around
,
misbehave
,
misdemean
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play the buffoon
,
play the fool
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
raise Cain
,
raise hell
,
raise sand
,
raise the deuce
,
raise the devil
,
raise the roof
,
rollick
,
romp
,
roughhouse
,
skip
,
smatter
,
sport
,
tinker
,
tomfool
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trip
,
twiddle
,
whoop it up
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