Lollygag (Verb)
Meaning
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The security guard suspected that the man was up to no good since he had been lollygagging around the office building for the past hour.
- She warned her kids not to lollygag around the old, abandoned house on the outskirts of town.
- The new employee was reprimanded for lollygagging around the water cooler instead of meeting his deadlines.
- There was suspicion that he was lollygagging around the pawn shop, trying to determine if it was the right place to fence his stolen goods.
- After a few too many incidents, the manager asked the man to leave, as he was lollygagging around the department, making customers uneasy.