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lallygags

lallygags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lallygag.

Meaning of lallygag

Verb

lallygag (third-person singular simple present lallygags, present participle lallygagging, simple past and past participle lallygagged)

  1. To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
    • And don't you dare to lallygag about so that you don't get home till after dark, or I'll have every policeman in Parañaque out after you! Now, take care of yourselves, all of you.1955, Agnes Newton Keith, Bare Feet in the Palace, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, page 125
  2. (US, archaic) To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.
    • "She's goin' to wait fer us down to Rothschild's bridge. 'N' her 'n' me 's goin' to set on the back seat together—" / "'N' lallygag," interrupted his mother. […] / "Oh, we allus lallygag when we git together, me 'n' Cynthy does." […]1894, Frederick Thickstun Clark, On Cloud Mountain: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper and Brothers, page 115

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Questions about lallygags

What is lallygags the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lallygags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lallygag.

Words near lallygags in the dictionary

  1. lallygag
  2. lallygagged
  3. lallygagger
  4. lallygaggers
  5. lallygagging
  6. lallygags
  7. Lallys
  8. Lalmonirhat District
  9. lalo
  10. lalo-
  11. lalochezia

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