To go about aimlessly, with nothing to do: “He’s always ________ around the drugstore.”
| HANGING | 541 |
| LOAFING | 334 |
| LOITERING | 82 |
| WANDERING | 77 |
| FOOLING | 32 |
| MEANDERING | 13 |
| LAYING | 12 |
| DRIFTING | 11 |
| AMBLING | 10 |
| BUMMING | 9 |
| GOOFING OFF | 9 |
| KILLING TIME | 9 |
| LOLLING | 9 |
| IDLING | 8 |
| MESSING | 8 |
| MOPING | 7 |
| MOSEYING | 7 |
| NR | 7 |
| PIDDLING | 7 |
| PUTTERING | 6 |
| DAWDLING | 5 |
| LOLLYGAGGING | 5 |
| LOUNGING | 5 |
| POKING | 5 |
| LOAFERING | 4 |
| ROAMING | 4 |
| BROWSING | 3 |
| DAYDREAMING | 3 |
| FIDDLING | 3 |
| HANGING OUT | 3 |
| LAZING | 3 |
| MONKEYING | 3 |
| SAUNTERING | 3 |
| SNOOPING | 3 |
| AT LOOSE ENDS | 2 |
| DRAGGING | 2 |
| DRUGSTORE COWBOY | 2 |
| LINGERING | 2 |
| LOPPING | 2 |
| LYING | 2 |
| PROJECKING | 2 |
| SHUFFLING | 2 |
| SITTING | 2 |
| TRAIPSING | 2 |
| A-LOAFING | 1 |
| AUGERING | 1 |
| BOTHERING | 1 |
| BUM | 1 |
| BUMPING | 1 |
| CAMPING AT | 1 |
| CAROUSING | 1 |
| DALLYING AROUND GETTING THE NEWS | 1 |
| DEADBEATING | 1 |
| DILLYDALLYING | 1 |
| DOING NOTHING | 1 |
| EAVESDROPPING | 1 |
| FLOATING | 1 |
| FUCKING | 1 |
| FUSSING | 1 |
| GADDING ABOUT | 1 |
| GALLIVANTING | 1 |
| GAWKING | 1 |
| GOOFING | 1 |
| HANGING ABOUT | 1 |
| HANGING UP | 1 |
| HOLDING UP THE BANK | 1 |
| HOLDING UP THE STOOP | 1 |
| HUNCHING | 1 |
| HUNG | 1 |
| HUNG OUT | 1 |
| IDLE | 1 |
| IDLING HIS TIME | 1 |
| JELLYING | 1 |
| JIGGING | 1 |
| JUST LAYING | 1 |
| KNOCKING | 1 |
| LAGGING | 1 |
| LALLYGAGGING | 1 |
| LAZE | 1 |
| LIFELESS | 1 |
| LIKE HE’S IN A TRANCE | 1 |
| LORDING | 1 |
| LURKING | 1 |
| MARKING TIME | 1 |
| MESSING AROUND | 1 |
| MILLING ABOUT | 1 |
| MOGGING | 1 |
| MOONING | 1 |
| MOONING IN A FOG | 1 |
| NO BOTTOM AT TEN | 1 |
| NODDING AROUND | 1 |
| OOCHING AROUND | 1 |
| PACING LIKE A MAD DOG | 1 |
| PILFING | 1 |
| PLODDING | 1 |
| POKES | 1 |
| PUTTING IN TIME | 1 |
| PUTZING | 1 |
| SETTING | 1 |
| SIFOGGING | 1 |
| SLINKING | 1 |
| SLOSHING | 1 |
| SLOUCHING | 1 |
| SLUMPING | 1 |
| STALLING | 1 |
| STANDING | 1 |
| STANDING IN THE WAY | 1 |
| STICKING | 1 |
| STOOPING | 1 |
| STROLLING | 1 |
| STUCK UP AT | 1 |
| TINKERING | 1 |
| WAITING | 1 |
| WALKING | 1 |
| WASTING HIS TIME | 1 |
| WASTING TIME | 1 |
| WHILING HIS TIME AWAY | 1 |
| WOOL-GATHERING | 1 |
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