loaf
verb/ləʊf/
/ləʊf/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they loaf | /ləʊf/ /ləʊf/ |
| he / she / it loafs | /ləʊfs/ /ləʊfs/ |
| past simple loafed | /ləʊft/ /ləʊft/ |
| past participle loafed | /ləʊft/ /ləʊft/ |
| -ing form loafing | /ˈləʊfɪŋ/ /ˈləʊfɪŋ/ |
- loaf (about/around) to spend your time not doing anything, especially when you should be working synonym hang about
- A group of kids were loafing around outside.
Word Originverb mid 19th cent.: probably a back-formation from loafer.
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