loaf

²loaf

verb

Definition of LOAF

intransitive verb

: to spend time in idleness

Examples of LOAF

1. I spent most of the weekend just loafing around the house.
2. <the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf>

Origin of LOAF

probably back-formation from loafer

First Known Use: 1835

Related to LOAF

Synonyms: bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, idle, loll, lounge, veg out

Related Words: fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate; lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry; amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan; furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant

Near Antonyms: drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work; apply, buckle (down); exert, put out

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