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1. Having no employment
   - idleness, idling

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

Derived forms: loafings

Type of: be, idle, inactivity, laze, slug [informal], stagnate

Encyclopedia: Loafing