noun
- Someone who wastes time.
- synonyms: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger
- An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
- usage: "in the dumps"; "have the mopes"
- synonyms: dumps
verb
- Move around slowly and aimlessly.
- synonyms: mope, mope around
- Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed.
- synonyms: mope, moon around, moon about
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