lollygag
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lollygag
- /ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ/
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859.
verb lollygags · lollygagging · lollygagged · lallygag · lollygog
- 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!
- 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. […]
- To effusively (often excessively) display affection. At the fair the other day George and Sue were lollygagging around like two sick kittens.
noun lollygags · lallygag · lollygog · lalligag · lolligag
- Silliness, nonsense. He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.
- A useless or worthless person or thing. The lallygag strolls down the road that leads to Failureville.
