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  • 61waffle — waffle1 /wof euhl/, n. 1. a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked. adj. 2. Also, waffled. having …

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  • 62dillydally — v. n. Loiter, linger, delay, lag, saunter, trifle, dally, dawdle, idle away time …

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  • 63dick around / about — Verb. Mess around, idle away time. E.g. Tim s been dicking around in the back yard with that bloody football again …

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  • 64doss — Verb. 1. To sleep rough. Informal 2. To rest, to idle away time. Often followed by about or around. E.g. I spent the weekend dossing around with my mates on Blackpool beach. Noun. An easy task. E.g. That maths exam was a doss. Informal …

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  • 65muck about / around — Verb. 1. To mess around, or fool about. Informal 2. To idle away time. E.g. Are you mucking about up there, or tidying your bedroom? …

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  • 66nonce about /around — Verb. To idle away time, to mess around. E.g. We spent all day Sunday just noncing about …

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  • 67prat about / around — Verb. 1. To idle away time. 2. To act foolishly and annoyingly …

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  • 68screw around — Verb. 1. Be sexually promiscuous. E.g. I screwed around all through my teens and only stopped when I got married. Orig. U.S. 2. To idle away time. E.g. We ve been screwing around, watching TV, drinking, playing pool …

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  • 69loiter — loiterer, n. loiteringly, adv. /loy teuhr/, v.i. 1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal. 2. to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand …

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  • 70loiter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. linger, poke, dawdle, lag. See slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. linger, linger idly, dawdle, dally, idle, lag, saunter, stroll, delay, shuffle, waste time, putter, procrastinate, traipse, shamble …

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