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Noun: idling  I-du-ling
  1. Having no employment
    - idleness, loafing
Verb: idle  I-d(u)l
  1. Run disconnected or idle
    "the engine is idling";
    - tick over
     
  2. Be idle; exist in a changeless situation
    "He idled in bed all morning";
    - laze, slug [informal], stagnate

Derived forms: idlings

Type of: inactivity

Antonym: run

Encyclopedia: Idling

Idle, West Yorkshire