lal·ly·gag
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lallygag
(ˈlælɪˌɡæɡ) or lollygag
vb,
-gags,
-gagging or -gagged (intr) US to loiter aimlessly
[C20: of unknown origin]
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lal•ly•gag
(ˈlɑ liˌgæg, ˈlæl i-) also lollygag
v.i. -gagged, -gag•ging. Informal. to spend time idly; loaf.
[1860–65, Amer.; orig. uncertain]
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lallygag
Past participle: lallygagged
Gerund: lallygagging
| Imperative |
|---|
| lallygag |
| lallygag |
| Present |
|---|
| I lallygag |
| you lallygag |
| he/she/it lallygags |
| we lallygag |
| you lallygag |
| they lallygag |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I lallygagged |
| you lallygagged |
| he/she/it lallygagged |
| we lallygagged |
| you lallygagged |
| they lallygagged |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am lallygagging |
| you are lallygagging |
| he/she/it is lallygagging |
| we are lallygagging |
| you are lallygagging |
| they are lallygagging |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have lallygagged |
| you have lallygagged |
| he/she/it has lallygagged |
| we have lallygagged |
| you have lallygagged |
| they have lallygagged |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was lallygagging |
| you were lallygagging |
| he/she/it was lallygagging |
| we were lallygagging |
| you were lallygagging |
| they were lallygagging |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had lallygagged |
| you had lallygagged |
| he/she/it had lallygagged |
| we had lallygagged |
| you had lallygagged |
| they had lallygagged |
| Future |
|---|
| I will lallygag |
| you will lallygag |
| he/she/it will lallygag |
| we will lallygag |
| you will lallygag |
| they will lallygag |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have lallygagged |
| you will have lallygagged |
| he/she/it will have lallygagged |
| we will have lallygagged |
| you will have lallygagged |
| they will have lallygagged |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be lallygagging |
| you will be lallygagging |
| he/she/it will be lallygagging |
| we will be lallygagging |
| you will be lallygagging |
| they will be lallygagging |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been lallygagging |
| you have been lallygagging |
| he/she/it has been lallygagging |
| we have been lallygagging |
| you have been lallygagging |
| they have been lallygagging |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been lallygagging |
| you will have been lallygagging |
| he/she/it will have been lallygagging |
| we will have been lallygagging |
| you will have been lallygagging |
| they will have been lallygagging |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been lallygagging |
| you had been lallygagging |
| he/she/it had been lallygagging |
| we had been lallygagging |
| you had been lallygagging |
| they had been lallygagging |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would lallygag |
| you would lallygag |
| he/she/it would lallygag |
| we would lallygag |
| you would lallygag |
| they would lallygag |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have lallygagged |
| you would have lallygagged |
| he/she/it would have lallygagged |
| we would have lallygagged |
| you would have lallygagged |
| they would have lallygagged |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. |  lallygag - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"footle, hang around, loiter, lollygag, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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lallygag - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"