lallygagging Antonyms
Strongest:
- scrambling
- darting
- careering
- humping
- rushing
- stampeding
- coursing
- ripping
- dashing
- scudding
- running
- scurrying
- tearing
- whisking
- rocketing
- running
- barreling
- zipping
- scooting
- hastening
- hurrying
- racing
- whizzing
- speeding
- hurtling
- hustling
- flying
- bolting
- whirling
Strong:
- breezing
- quickening
- bowling
- galloping
- speeding-up-
- sprinting
- hotfooting-it-
- accelerating
- jogging
- trotting
- barrelling
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- crawling
- creeping
- loafing
- loitering
- diddling
- falling-behind
- moping
- poking
- lagging
- dallying
- hanging-fire
- dropping-behind
- dillydallying
- tarrying
- marking-time
Weak:
- slowing-down-or-up-
- taking-one-s-time
- shuffling
- plodding
- fiddling-around-
- strolling
- monkeying-around-
- dragging-one-s-feet
- inching
- sauntering
- idling
- filibustering
- ambling
- dragging-one-s-heels
- pottering-around-
- temporizing
- lumbering
- trifling
- easing
- procrastinating
- lolling
- playing
- messing-around
- decelerating
- stalling
- puttering-around-
- staggering
- shilly-shallying
- lounging
- fooling-around
- hanging-around-or-out-
Meaning of lallygagging
lallygagging
to fool around and waste time
lallygagging Sentence Examples
- The children were lallygagging in the park, wasting time instead of playing.
- The employee was fired for lallygagging on the job and not fulfilling his responsibilities.
- The students were scolded for lallygagging in the hallway and disrupting class.
- The hikers grew impatient as their companion kept lallygagging behind, slowing down their progress.
- The dog was prone to lallygagging on walks, stopping to sniff every bush and tree.
- The teacher's eyes narrowed as she caught a group of students lallygagging in the back of the classroom.
- The coach warned the players that lallygagging during practice would not be tolerated.
- The tourist was eager to explore the city but found herself lallygagging in the souvenir shops instead.
- The lazy employee spent his afternoons lallygagging around the office, avoiding any real work.
- The rabbits hopped and lallygagged through the meadow, enjoying the warm sunlight and fresh grass.
FAQs About the word lallygagging
to fool around and waste time
lingering,delaying, dragging, dawdling, crawling, creeping, loafing, loitering, diddling, falling behind
scrambling, darting, careering, humping, rushing, stampeding, coursing, ripping, dashing, scudding
The children were lallygagging in the park, wasting time instead of playing.
The employee was fired for lallygagging on the job and not fulfilling his responsibilities.
The students were scolded for lallygagging in the hallway and disrupting class.
The hikers grew impatient as their companion kept lallygagging behind, slowing down their progress.
