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Definition of "lollygag" [lollygag]

  • To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lollygag" in a sentence
  • "No longer content to lollygag at tailgate picnics or stroll through campus ogling the foliage, a growing number of former cheerleaders, some well into their 80s, are dusting off the pom-pons and squeezing into old uniforms to show today 's college "spirit squads" how it used to be done in the old days."
  • "No time to lollygag in bed if you want to see and all the sights."
  • "These lame-brain lawmakers, faced with a multitude of serious national issues, choose to lollygag into trivial non-binding nonsense."