loafers

noun

plural of loafer
as in slugs
a lazy person an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything

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Recent Examples of loafers Step into the sleek slip-on shoes before everyone else and shop more backless loafers below. — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 Pair them with sneakers, flats, or loafers now and into fall. — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 As for styling, cinch in the skirt with a luxe leather belt and finish with coordinating loafers. — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2026 Style them with a soft, dressy top, then add a pair of sneakers or loafers and a travel bag. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026 Pair it with leather sneakers and sunglasses for an easy, elevated travel day outfit, or dress it up with sandals or loafers for happy hour. — Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 In addition, the product team is working on new silhouettes, such as loafers. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 Bieber reached for loafers and socks for a preppy spin, grounded by an oversized leather bomber—an easy outfit formula for daily rotation. — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 30 July 2026 Weger holds a pair of sparkling JVB X Nomasei ‘Nono’ loafers. — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafers
  1. slugs
  2. drones
  3. snails
  4. bums
  5. layabouts
  6. deadbeats
  7. slouches
Noun
  • If your garden has been beset by destructive crawling insects like ants, beetles, and slugs, pesticides often seem like the clear solution.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Baking soda can help prevent powdery mildew, kill weeds, repel slugs, and clean produce, but must be used sparingly.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Definition of slugs
Noun
  • There’s not a whole lot that can be done to harden them against bombs and drones.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Kuwait said on Saturday that Iranian forces launched a wave of drones within its airspace, with its military destroying multiple aircraft after Iran targeted critical infrastructure in the country's north.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of drones
Noun
  • There's a protective mucus that the snails use to seal themselves inside their shells in the winter.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The lubricating substance allows snails to stick to the ground more easily and travel more smoothly.
    — Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • And typically, Wegmann added, those units are occupied by productive, working adults, not layabouts or career criminals leeching off the system, as the old narrative goes.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
  • As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of layabouts
Noun
  • Housing prices and rents are inflated by restrictive zoning laws, union work and pay scale mandates, excessive building codes and environmental requirements, litigation and planning process delays, anti-landlord policies that favor deadbeats and squatters, and the list goes on.
    — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of deadbeats
Noun
  • France, who are aiming to reach their third successive World Cup final, are among the tournament favourites, and Senegal (current African champions, on the pitch at least) are no slouches either.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • And that's not to imply that Demidov and Sennecke were slouches this year.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Definition of slouches

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