безде́льничать — meaning in English
bezdelnichat
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English meaning
- dally verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
- dawdle verb To move slowly or take much longer than necessary, often because of a lack of urgency.
- dilly dally verb To waste time by moving too slowly or by being unable to make up your mind.
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- laze verb To be lazy, waste time.
- loaf noun A shaped mass of baked bread, or a similarly shaped block of another food.
- loll verb To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- lollygag verb To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
- lounge verb To relax or recline in a lazy, unhurried way.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
- slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.
Senses
безде́льничать is used for these senses in English:
- dally To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- laze To be lazy, waste time.
- loaf (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
- loll (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
- lollygag (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
- lounge (intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
- slack (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
dally — full definition
- verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
- verb To flirt or engage in a casual romance.