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hanging about

verb , present participle of hang about, British

Synonyms and Antonyms of hanging about

1 to spend time doing nothing

a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about

Synonyms of hanging about

bumming, chilling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, droning, footling, goofing (off), hacking (around), hanging (around or out), idling, kicking around, kicking back, lazing, lazying, loafing, lolling, lounging, vegging out

Words Related to hanging about

fiddling (around), fooling, messing, monkeying, mucking, piddling, playing, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling

dozing, estivating (also aestivating), hibernating

lagging, lingering, loitering, poking, relaxing, resting, tarrying

ambling, moseying, sauntering, strolling, swanning

furloughing, goldbricking, malingering, truanting

Phrases Synonymous with hanging about

killing time, twiddling one's thumbs

Near Antonyms of hanging about

drudging, grinding, grubbing, humping, hustling, laboring, moiling, pegging, plodding, plowing, plugging, slaving, sweating, toiling, travailing, working

applying, buckling (down)

exerting, putting out

2 to spend time in aimless activity

we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us

Synonyms of hanging about

doodling, fiddling (around), fooling around, fribbling, goofing (around), kicking around, messing around, monkeying (around), playing, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling

Words Related to hanging about

dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, hanging (around or out), idling, loafing, lolling, lounging

clowning (around), horsing around

diddling (with), tinkering

Near Antonyms of hanging about

buckling (down), knuckling down, setting (to), settling (down)

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