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lollygag

verb
variants: also lallygag

Synonyms and Antonyms of lollygag

to move or act slowly

  • accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions
Synonyms of lollygag

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Words Related to lollygag

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize
Phrases Synonymous with lollygag

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time
Near Antonyms of lollygag

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake
Antonyms of lollygag

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

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