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слоняться — meaning in English

slonyatsya

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English meaning

  • gad interjection An old-fashioned exclamation of surprise, similar to "goodness!" or "by God!"
  • gallivant verb To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • mooch verb To get something, such as money or food, from someone else without paying or giving anything back; to sponge off others.
  • sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
  • wander verb To move around without a fixed destination or purpose.

Senses

слоняться is used for these senses in English:

  • gad (intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
  • gallivant (intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
  • hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • hang around (idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter.
  • hover Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
  • mooch (British) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
  • mope about To wander or linger aimlessly with a sad or gloomy demeanor, displaying a lack of energy or motivation.
  • sag To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

gad — full definition

  1. interjection An old-fashioned exclamation of surprise, similar to "goodness!" or "by God!"
  2. verb To wander from place to place, seeking amusement, often carelessly or aimlessly.

gallivant — full definition

  1. verb To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
  2. verb To flirt, to romance.
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