lallygag

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lal·ly·gag

 (lăl′ē-găg′)
v.
Variant of lollygag.
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lallygag

(ˈlælɪˌɡæɡ) or

lollygag

vb, -gags, -gagging or -gagged
(intr) US to loiter aimlessly
[C20: of unknown origin]
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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: lallygagged
Gerund: lallygagging

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
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.lallygag - be aboutlallygag - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
prowl, lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim
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