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holgazanear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • loiter verb To stand or wait around somewhere without any clear purpose.
  • maunder verb To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.

Senses

holgazanear is used for these senses in English:

  • goof off (US, Australia, slang, intransitive) To dawdle, lollygag; to waste time aimlessly or engage in idle activity or inactivity.
  • laze To be lazy, waste time.
  • loaf (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
  • maunder To wander or walk aimlessly.
  • 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 lazy, waste time.
  2. verb To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

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