laiskotella — meaning in English

English meaning

• idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
• laze verb To be idle and let time pass without doing anything useful.
• loll verb To lie back or lean in a relaxed, lazy way.

Senses

laiskotella is used for these senses in English:

• laze To be lazy, waste time.
• loll (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
• slack off (intransitive, informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.

idle — full definition

1. adj Not working, active, or in use.
2. adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
3. verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
4. verb To pass time doing nothing productive.

laze — full definition

1. verb To be idle and let time pass without doing anything useful.
2. verb To spend time resting in an easy, unhurried way, such as lying about or lounging.

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