lollygag
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ/
Verb

lollygag (lollygags, present participle lollygagging; past and past participle lollygagged)

  1. (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
  2. (US, dated, 19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually.
    • 1946, Captain C. F. Behrens, Medical Corps (United States Navy), USN, quoted in Time Magazine, volume 47, part 1, [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,886820,00.html page 74], 1946:
      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. [...]
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lollygag (uncountable)

  1. (US) Silliness, nonsense.
    He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.
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