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1. Having no employment
   - idleness, idling

1. Be lazy or idle
   "Her son is just loafing around all day";
   - bum, bum around, bum about, arse around [Brit, Cdn], arse about [Brit, Cdn], frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about, slob [Brit]
    
2. Be about
   "The high school students like to loaf in the Central Square";
   - loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag [N. Amer], lallygag [N. Amer], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, mooch [Brit]

Derived forms: loafings

Type of: be, idle, inactivity, laze, slug, stagnate

Encyclopedia: Loaf