noun
verb
- Be lazy or idle.
- usage: "Her son is just bumming around all day"
- synonyms: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
- Be about.
- usage: "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department"
- synonyms: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
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