lollygag

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ/

Definition of lollygag

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (US)To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
    “Stop lollygagging! […] He ate ALL the ship's food! 'Zat your friend? Show him outta here!”
    “Now this plaintiff thinks how poor he hereafter will have to live, for the sake of old Green's having a fine fat woman to lollygag with.”
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verb

  1. (US)To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
    “Stop lollygagging! […] He ate ALL the ship's food! 'Zat your friend? Show him outta here!”
    “Now this plaintiff thinks how poor he hereafter will have to live, for the sake of old Green's having a fine fat woman to lollygag with.”
  2. (US, dated)To fool around, especially sexually.
    “Lovemaking and lollygagging are hereby strictly forbidden. […] The holding of hands, osculation and constant embracing of WAVES, corpsmen or civilians and sailors or any combination of male and female personnel is a violation of naval discipline. […]”
  3. (US, dated)To effusively (often excessively) display affection.
    “At the fair the other day George and Sue were lollygagging around like two sick kittens.”

noun

  1. (US, uncountable)Silliness, nonsense.
    “He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.”
  2. (US, countable, dated)A useless or worthless person or thing.
    “The lallygag strolls down the road that leads to Failureville.”

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Etymology

By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859.

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