lal·ly·gag (lăl′ē-găg′) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
lallygag (ˈlælɪˌɡæɡ ) or lollygag vb ,
-gags ,
-gagging or -gagged (intr ) US to loiter aimlessly
[C20: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
lal•ly•gag (ˈlɑ liˌgæg, ˈlæl i-) also lollygag v.i. -gagged, -gag•ging. Informal. to spend time idly; loaf.
[1860–65, Amer. ; orig. uncertain]
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lallygag Past participle: lallygaggedGerund: lallygaggingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative lallygag lallygag
Present I lallygag you lallygag he/she/it lallygags we lallygag you lallygag they lallygag
Preterite I lallygagged you lallygagged he/she/it lallygagged we lallygagged you lallygagged they lallygagged
Present Continuous I am lallygagging you are lallygagging he/she/it is lallygagging we are lallygagging you are lallygagging they are lallygagging
Present Perfect I have lallygagged you have lallygagged he/she/it has lallygagged we have lallygagged you have lallygagged they have lallygagged
Past Continuous I was lallygagging you were lallygagging he/she/it was lallygagging we were lallygagging you were lallygagging they were lallygagging
Past Perfect I had lallygagged you had lallygagged he/she/it had lallygagged we had lallygagged you had lallygagged they had lallygagged
Future I will lallygag you will lallygag he/she/it will lallygag we will lallygag you will lallygag they will lallygag
Future Perfect I will have lallygagged you will have lallygagged he/she/it will have lallygagged we will have lallygagged you will have lallygagged they will have lallygagged
Future Continuous I will be lallygagging you will be lallygagging he/she/it will be lallygagging we will be lallygagging you will be lallygagging they will be lallygagging
Present Perfect Continuous I have been lallygagging you have been lallygagging he/she/it has been lallygagging we have been lallygagging you have been lallygagging they have been lallygagging
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been lallygagging you will have been lallygagging he/she/it will have been lallygagging we will have been lallygagging you will have been lallygagging they will have been lallygagging
Past Perfect Continuous I had been lallygagging you had been lallygagging he/she/it had been lallygagging we had been lallygagging you had been lallygagging they had been lallygagging
Conditional I would lallygag you would lallygag he/she/it would lallygag we would lallygag you would lallygag they would lallygag
Past Conditional I would have lallygagged you would have lallygagged he/she/it would have lallygagged we would have lallygagged you would have lallygagged they would have lallygagged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. lallygag - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"footle ,
hang around ,
loiter ,
lollygag ,
mess about ,
mill about ,
mill around ,
tarry ,
lounge ,
lurk ,
linger ,
loaf be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
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