idler

i·dle  (dl)

adj. i·dler, i·dlest

1.

a. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.

b. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth. See Synonyms at lazy.

c. Not in use or operation: idle hands.

2. Lacking substance, value, or basis. See Synonyms at baseless, vain.

v. i·dled, i·dling, i·dles

v.intr.

1. To pass time without working or while avoiding work.

2. To move lazily and without purpose.

3. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor vehicle.

v.tr.

1. To pass (time) without working or while avoiding work; waste: idle the afternoon away.

2. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive.

3. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.

n.

1. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.

2. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.

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[Middle English idel, from Old English del.]

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idle·ness n.

idler (dlr) n.

idly adv.

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idler [ˈaɪdlə]

n

1. a person who idles

2. (Engineering / General Engineering) another name for idle pulley, idle wheel

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a ship's crew member, such as a carpenter, sailmaker, etc., whose duties do not include standing regular watches

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

idler - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" do-nothing, layabout, loafer, bum nonworker - a person who does nothing clock watcher - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time couch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope - someone who wastes time dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind daydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick - an idle worthless person lazybones - a lazy person lie-abed, slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour loon - a worthless lazy fellow shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) sluggard, slug - an idle slothful person spiv - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time sunbather - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan trifler - one who behaves lightly or not seriously whittler - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)

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idler

noun loafer, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, dodger, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, dawdler, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), skiver (Brit. slang), malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, lazybones He resents being seen as a moneyed idler.

Translations

idler [ˈaɪdləʳ] N → ocioso/a m/f, holgazán/ana m/f, vago/a m/f

idler [ˈaɪdlə^r] n (= lazy person) → oisif/ive m/f
idle time n [computer, machine] → temps m mort

idler

n

(Brit: = person not working) → Müßiggänger(in) m(f); (= lazy person) → Faulenzer(in) m(f), → Faulpelz m

(Tech, = wheel) → Zwischenrad nt; (= pulley) → Spannrolle f

idler [ˈaɪdləʳ] n → fannullone/a, sfaccendato/a