lollygag.
To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
Meaning & usage
To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
To fool around, especially sexually.
To effusively (often excessively) display affection.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859.
Silliness, nonsense.
He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.
A useless or worthless person or thing.
The lallygag strolls down the road that leads to Failureville.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.