Synonyms of hung about

hung about

verb

past tense of hang about, British

1

as in kicked back

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kicked back
• killed time
• vegged out
• footled
• kicked around
• lazied
• hanged (around or out)
• chilled
• hung (around or out)
• dillydallied
• bummed
• twiddled one's thumbs
• rested
• hacked (around)
• relaxed
• goofed (off)
• idled
• played
• lounged
• strolled
• lazed
• loafed
• dawdled
• droned
• poked
• estivated
• messed
• mucked
• lolled
• lingered
• fiddled (around)
• aestivated
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• truanted
• dallied
• trifled
• fooled
• monkeyed
• piddled
• loitered
• dozed
• goldbricked
• hibernated
• lagged
• sauntered
• ambled
• swanned
• moseyed
• tarried
• malingered
• furloughed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrought
• ground
• worked
• labored
• plowed
• pegged
• buckled (down)
• plugged
• sweat
• sweated
• toiled
• hustled
• humped
• applied
• slaved
• plodded
• moiled
• put out
• grubbed
• travailed
• drudged
• exerted

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• wrought
• ground
• worked
• labored
• plowed
• pegged
• buckled (down)
• plugged
• sweat
• sweated
• toiled
• hustled
• humped
• applied
• slaved
• plodded
• moiled
• put out
• grubbed
• travailed
• drudged
• exerted

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2

as in played

to spend time in aimless activity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• fooled around
• fribbled
• messed around
• kicked around
• fiddled (around)
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• trifled
• pottered (around)
• doodled
• horsed around
• monkeyed (around)
• dillydallied
• hanged (around or out)
• hung (around or out)
• idled
• lounged
• loafed
• dawdled
• clowned (around)
• diddled (with)
• lolled
• tinkered
• dallied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled (down)
• set (to)
• buckled (down)
• knuckled down

• settled (down)
• set (to)
• buckled (down)
• knuckled down