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How to pronounce loafing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms idleness, idling
Type of inactivity
Has types dolce far niente

Examples of loafing

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The one problem is to prevent him from loafing a bit once he gets out in front.
From the time.com
Walk across a field they've been loafing on, and you may go slip sliding away.
From the post-gazette.com
Some critics say summer should be for creative loafing, camp and family time.
From the washingtontimes.com
Behind that gormless expression he is using his extra large loaf to do more loafing.
From the mirror.co.uk
They should be loafing about in a high-minded fashion and hanging out in nightclubs.
From the telegraph.co.uk
About 2,000 gulls were loafing there, the vast majority of them ring-billed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Task interdependence has also been found to be positively related to social loafing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nearby Pier A offers a gazebo and a grassy field perfect for loafing around.
From the denverpost.com
For some years colleges have regarded summer loafing as downright sinful.
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More examples
  • Bum: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
  • Loaf of bread: a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
  • A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"
  • Loiter: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
  • A loaf is a shaped, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food. It may refer to a bread, or meatloaf.
  • Loaf is the first live album release by the jam band moe. Recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in New York City, New York on November 24 and 25 1995. 2,000 copies were released. It is out of print.
  • (Loaves) Bread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and frequently additional ingredients. Doughs are usually baked, but in some cuisines breads are steamed, fried, or baked on an unoiled skillet. It may be leavened or unleavened. ...
  • A block of bread after baking; Any solid block of food, such as meat; Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf); A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut; To do nothing, to be idle; To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)
  • (Loaves) To dream of loaves of bread, denotes frugality. If they be of cake, the dreamer has cause to rejoice over his good fortune, as love and wealth will wait obsequiously upon you. Broken loaves, bring discontent and bickerings between those who love. ...