Reverse Dictionary: IDL – IDN

IDLE – adjectives
– BONE IDLE utterly idle, lazy …1836
– DAWKY helpless, idle …1892 Eng. dial.
– DEADBEAT lazy, idle …M19 sl.
– DESIDIOSE † idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent …1727
– DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish …a1540
– DOING QUISBY not working, idle …1851 sl.
– DO-LITTLE doing little; lazy, idle …1683
– DO-NOTHING doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; idle, indolent, inactive, lazy …1832
– FAINÉANT that does nothing; indolent, idle …1855
– GAMMY good-for-nothing, idle, blundering …1884 Eng. dial.
– GANDY idly disposed …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAIKIN’ wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house …1836 Sc.
– HALLACKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering …1878 Eng. dial.
– HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering …1878 Eng. dial.
– HAND-IDLE idle, having nothing to occupy the hands …1897 Sc.
– IDLED idle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-SET without work, idle …1892 Sc.
– IDLEFUL † full of idleness, idle …1483
– IDLISH * somewhat idle …1865
– LACKADAISICAL dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic …M18
– LACKADAISY dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic …L18
– LAIRLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base …1781 Eng. dial.
– LAITCHETY idle, careless, slatternly …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLOPY lounging, idle, and slovenly in gait or habit …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAYERLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base …1781 Eng. dial.
– LOAFING lounging, deliberately idle …c1838 orig. US
– LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless …1775
– LUSKISH † inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish …a1500
– MAUNDERING listless; idle; helpless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAWMISH † foolish, silly, idle …B1900
– OTIANT * at leisure, doing nothing, idle, indolent, at ease …1878
– OUT ON THE SCAFF going about in an idle, frolicsome manner …Bk1904 Sc.
– PAFFLING † silly, trifling, idle …1811 Eng. dial.
– PALMERING aimless, vagrant, idle …1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PAUPING † aimless, idle, vagrant, wandering …1813 Sc.
– RAFFLE idle; foolish …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFFLIN(G) idle, worthless, dissolute, disorderly …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKERING † worthless, idle, unsteady …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKLING worthless; idle; unsteady …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMSHANKLING idle, worthless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAN-DAN senseless; idle; disorderly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDOM idle, disorderly …1870 Eng. dial.
– RED-HANDED having little to do …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCOURY mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable …1721 Sc.
– SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable …1721 Sc.
– SICK OF THE IDLES exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work …1639 colloq.
– SICK OF THE LOMBARD FEVER exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work …c1650
– SLACK-BACKED lazy, idle …1884 Eng. dial.
– SLIVEN idle, lazy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SLIVING idle …Bk1903 sl.
– TAIVERT idle, foolish, senseless, half-witted, raving …1823 Sc.
– TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– THOKISH † slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull …1682 Eng. dial.
– TOOM † idle, inactive, unoccupied …a1340
– TWIDDLE-TWADDLE idle, trifling …1798
– UNACTIVE † remaining quiescent or idle …1599
– UNBUSIED idle, inactive …1570
– VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition …1390 rare or obs.
– VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain …1605
– ZATELY indolent, idle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
idle – nouns
– DALLIANCE † waste of time in trifling, idle delay …1547-64
– FAINEANCE * the quality or condition of being an idler or one who does nothing …1853
– FAINEANCY the quality or condition of being an idler or one who does nothing …1854
– GANAY an idle disposition; indolence …1876 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-BEING † being idle, idleness …1562
– IDLEMENT † idle or profitless occupation; an idling …1622
– IDLETIES idle frolics …Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– IDLE WORMS worms humorously said to breed in the fingers of the idle …1607
– MAORI PT (offensive) taking it easy and doing nothing …NZ sl.
– ODD-COME-SHORT an idle moment; some day soon to come; some time; an indefinite period; an odd moment …1883 Amer. dial.
idle – person  (includes IDLER)
– ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house …1509 sl.
– ABBEY-LUBBER an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house …1509 sl.
– ASHYPET an idle or slatternly woman …1870 Sc. & Ireland
– ASS-SCRATCHER an idler …1934 Amer. sl.
– ASSYPET an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature …1870 Sc. & Ireland
– ATE-MEAT an idler who lives upon others …Bk1911 Sc.
– BAKER a loafer, a lounger, an idler …1887 US criminals’ sl.
– BANYEL a slovenly, idle fellow …1825 Sc.
– BARTY BUMMILL † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler …1568 Sc.
– BATIE-BUM † (derogatory) a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler …1572 Sc.
– BATLAN a lazy person, a loafer, a good-for-nothing; a jobless person; an idler or someone unsuitable for any employment …Bk1982 Yiddish
– BATY BUMMILL † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler …1568 Sc.
– BEACH BUM an idler or tramp who spends his time on a beach …1962 sl.
– BEACHCOMBER an idler; a seashore loafer …1887 sl.
– BEACHIE an idler; a seashore loafer …1967 UK sl.
– BEAT an idle, worthless, or shiftless fellow; a loafer; a layabout; a sponger; a shirker or malingerer …1865 US
– BENCH-BABBLER one who sits idly whistling on a bench; a term of reproach …1549
– BENCHER any idle or ineffectual person …L19 US sl.
– BENCH-WARMER a person who sits idly on a bench; any lazy or ineffectual person …1662 sl. 
– BENCH-WHISTLER † one who sits idly whistling on a bench; a term of reproach …1542
– BLAITIE BUM † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow …1540 Sc.
– BLOCK BOY a ‘corner-boy’; an idler who idles away the time on street corners …1970 US Black sl.
– BOG-STALKER an idle, lounging, stupid fellow …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONE LOAFER a lazy person, an idler …1933 Amer. dial.
– BROWN-NOSER an idle, worthless person …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUMMER an idler, loafer, lounger; a worthless, lazy fellow …1855 US sl.
– CABBAGER a layabout; a lazy, idle person …M19 Aust. sl.
– CAL a gossip, an idler …1888 Eng. dial.
– CALLER a gossip, an idler …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CARPET CAPTAIN a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1548
– CARPET CHAMPION a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …16C sl.
– CARPET COWARD a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; ; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1605
– CARPET FRIEND a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …a1616
– CARPET-KNIGHT a knight whose achievements belong to ‘the carpet’ (the lady’s boudoir, or carpeted chamber) instead of to the field of battle; a stay-at-home soldier; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1576
– CARPET LOVER a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …16C sl.
– CARPETMONGER a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …16C sl.
– CARPET PEER a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1592
– CARPET SQUIRE a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1605
– CARPET WARRIOR a man whose ‘knightly exploits’ concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …16C sl.
– CHAIRWARMER a person who sits or lounges idly in a chair; an idler, a loafer; used derisively …1896 US sl.
– CLUFF an idle, trifling person …1825 Sc.
– CODGER a lazy person; an idler …L19 Aust. prison sl.
– DAGGLER a laggard, an idler, a lounger …1825 Sc.
– DAIGLER a laggard, an idler, a lounger …1825 Sc.
– DAWK a helpless, idle woman …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEAD ASS an idler, a lazy person …1959 Amer. sl.
– DEADBEAT a malingerer, an idler, a wastrel …1862 Amer. sl., esp. military
– DEADHEAD a lazy, worthless person or animal; an idler, a loafer; a term of disparagement …1965 Amer. dial.
– DEAR-STALKER a wealthy idler who likes to follow and/or ogle attractive shop-girls or secretaries …1910s sl.
– DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DO-LITTLE one who does little; one who talks much but does little; a lazy or idle person …1586
– DO-NOTHING one who does nothing; an idle or lazy person …1579
– DOODLER a lazy person; an idler …20C sl.
– DRONE an indolent person; an idler …E16
– DRONE AMONG THE BEES, A an idler among the active …1633
– DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut …1581
– EAT-MEAT an idler, a parasite …1875 Sc.
– FAINÉANT one who does nothing; an idler …1619
– FEAGUE a dirty, sluttish, idle person …1664 Eng. dial.
– FEAK a dirty, sluttish, idle person …1664 Eng. dial.
– FLUNK an idler, a loafer …L19 US sl.
– FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion …1571
– FUSSOCK a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman; a term of contempt …a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
– GAD a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman …1867 Amer. dial.
– GADDER † an idle or slovenly woman; a loose woman; a slattern …1632
– GADLING an idler, a loiterer; an idle, aimless person …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAITLING an idler, a loiterer …Bk1868 Eng. dial.
– GALLEY-STOKER an idler, a malingerer, a lazy skulker …Bk1867
– GAMF † an idle, meddling person …1824 Sc.
– GAMMERSTAGS a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMERSTANG a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMERSTEL a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Sc.
– GAMP an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip …1868 sl.
– GAUM a painfully stupid or gullible person; a fool …1837 sl., orig. Irish
– GAUNT-AT-THE-DOOR † an indolent, useless person, who sits at the door and yawns; an idler, a loafer; one without mental resources …1721 Sc.
– GAUVEY-YOAK an idle fellow …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GET-NOTHING † one who through laziness earns nothing; an idler, a ne’er-do-well …a1625
– GLAIK (derogatory) a silly, light-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1814 Sc.
– GLAVER one who is addicted to idle, foolish gossip; an idle, foolish person …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GOOF-OFF a person who is habitually inattentive to duty; a loafer, an idler, a blunderer …1945 US sl., orig. military
– HACKER an idler; a time-waster …a1968 US college sl.
– HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow …1790 Eng. dial.
– HAG-ABOUT an idle, lounging fellow …1872 Eng. dial.
– HAIK a person who wanders idly from place to place; a layabout; an idler …a1529 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAINGLE an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing …1791 Sc.
– HAIVER a fussy, indecisive person; an idler who makes a pretense of work; a lazy, idle fellow …1866 Sc.
– HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person …1855
– HAKER an idle fellow …Bk1854 Eng. dial.
– HAKES an idle, lounging fellow …Bk1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAKING FELLOW an idle loiterer …1825 Sc.
– HALLACKER an idle fellow …1893 Eng. dial.
– HALLACKS an idle fellow …Bk1862 Eng. dial.
– HALLION a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow …1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. 
– HALLOCKER an idle fellow …1893 Eng. dial.
– HAM-FATTER a loafer, an idler …1882 sl.
– HAM-RESTER an idler …1896 US sl.
– HANG-AROUND an aimless person, an idler, a loafer, a loiterer …1929 sl. 
– HANGAROUNDER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer …1938 Amer. dial.
– HANGER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer …1965 Amer. dial.
– HANGEREL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on …1805 Eng. dial.
– HANGER-ON an idler, a loafer, a loiterer …1950 Amer. dial.
– HANG-ON an idler …1961 US sl.
– HANGRELL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on …1805 Eng. dial.
– HANIEL, HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; an idle slovenly fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HANZIEL an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing …1791 Sc. 
– HASPIN an idle fellow, doing nothing but lounging about …1864 Eng. dial.
– HAVEREL, HAVREL * a lazy or idle person; a lounger; a sloven, a slatternly woman; also, an ungainly person …1720 Sc.
– HAVERS a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEELERS loafers and idlers of every description, especially those frequenting drinking saloons and on the look out for ‘shady’ work …Bk1890
– HERRING-HEAD an idle, worthless person …1966 Amer. dial.
– HULLION a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal …1789 Sc. & Ireland
– IDLE † an idle person; an idler …1633
– IDLE-BACK an indolent, idle, or lazy person …1828
– IDLE BAGGAGE an idle girl or woman …Bk1877 Eng. dial. 
– IDLEBY † an idle fellow; a loafer …1589
– IDLED-BACK an idle person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-PACK † an idler …1624
– IDLER one who idles or is idle; one who spends his time in idleness; an indolent or lazy person; a sluggard; one who trifles away his time …1534
– IDLERT  one who wastes time; an idler …1930 Sc. 
– IDLESBY † an idle or lazy fellow; a loafer …1611
– IDLETON an idle fellow …1762 Eng. dial.
– IKEY-MO a loafer, a layabout, an idler …M19 sl.
– JAFFLER a careless, idle man …1807 Eng. dial.
– JAMPH trifling over work; an habitual idler …Bk1902 Sc.
– JAMPHER an idler …Bk1902 Sc.
– JOHN-A-DREAMS a dreamy or idle fellow
– JOHNNY WARDER a drunken layabout …L19 Aust. sl.
– LADY a woman who can afford to live without working for her living; an idle woman …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAGABAG a lazy, idle person; one disposed to lie in bed …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LAG-ARAG a lazy, idle person …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAGGER a layabout, a ‘corner boy’ …1990s sl.
– LAGGINBACK a lazy, idle, slow-moving person …1859 Eng. dial.
– LALLOP, LALLOPS a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl …1864 Eng. dial.
– LAZY LAURENCE a term of reproach for an idle person; a loafer …1880
– LITTLE END OF NOTHING an idle, worthless person …1967 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER someone who spends their time idly …1830
– LOITER-SACK † a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler …1594
– LOLL-POOP † literally, one who is sluggish in the stern; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggish lounger …1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard …c1420  obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LUSKIN †* an idle or lazy fellow; a sluggard …1593
– MARDLE one who gossips; a lounging, idle woman …Bk1905 Sc.
– MOOCH a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; a borrower, a cadger; an idler …1914 sl., chiefly US
– MOOCHER an idle person; a loafer …1933 Amer. dial.
– MOOCHIE a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; an idler …1983 US sl.
– MOONER one who moons or idles about; one who seems to be staring at the moon …1842 colloq.
– NEVER-SWEAT an idle or lazy person …1851
– NO-ACCOUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a loiterer …1965 Amer. dial.
– NO-COUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer …1965 Amer. dial.
– NO-COUNT BUM an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOTHING-DOER an idler …1893
– OLIVER’S SUMMONS an idle person who is forced to work for lack of any alternative means of making money …19C Irish sl.
– PANDER an idle, trifling child …a1850 Sc.
– PANTON an idle fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PAUNDERER an idler, a dawdler …1872 Sc.
– PAVIE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off; one who puts on airs; an idle, trifling child …a1850 Sc.
– PEEVEE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off; one who puts on airs; an idle, trifling child …a1850 Sc.
– PIDDELER, PIDDLER a trifler; an idle, worthless person; a good-for-nothing …1779 Amer. dial.
– QUISBY an idler …1837 sl.
– RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake …Bk1866 Sc.
– RABSHACKLE, RABSHAKLE † a ne’er-do-well; a wastrel; an idle profligate …Bk1852
– RACAPELT, RACKAPELT – a noisy, riotous person – a scamp – an idle rascal – a man of dissolute habits – worthless fellow …Bk1852 Eng. dial.
– RADICAL an impudent, idle, dissipated fellow; a rascal …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFF a low, disorderly, idle person; a vulgar worthless person; a dissolute vagabond; a disreputable person …1785
– RAFFLE a low fellow; an idle vagabond …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAGABRASH a low rascal, an idle vagabond; a collection of such persons …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAGAPELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RAGBELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RAGBILD a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RAGGABASH an idle, worthless fellow; a ragamuffin …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAGGABRASH an idle, worthless fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a ragamuffin …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAKE a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of  fashion; a dissolute man …1653
– RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RODNEY an idler; a loafer; a casual worker; a disreputable character …M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– RAFFALLY † idle, dissolute people …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RUMSCULLION a bad, idle, worthless fellow …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SACK ARTIST a chronic idler …1946 US sl.
– SACK RAT a chronic idler …1947 US sl.
– SANTRING BODY one that squanders time in going idly about …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– SAUNTERER † a dawdler, a trifler; a lazy person; an idler; a loafer; a lounger …1688 
– SCABBER a lout; an idle fellow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCABBLE-OUT an idle, drunken scamp …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCAFF an idle, restless person …1866 Sc.
– SCAPEGRACE a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) …1809
– SCHEMER an idler …Bk1904 N. Ireland
– SCHLEP, SCHLEPP, SHLEP, SHLEPP an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person …1939 Amer. dial.
– SCHLEPPER, SHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater …1934 sl. orig. US
– SCOBBERLOTCHER † an idler …a1697
– SCOW-BANK an untidy, idle, lounging person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOWGIE an idler, a loafer, a ne’er-do-well …1939 Sc. 
– SCROFF an idle, worthless fellow; a wastrel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond …a1700 colloq.
– SHOAT a person; an idle, trifling, worthless fellow …1809 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SHOOLER one who roams or idles about …1916 Amer. dial.
– SLACK-ARSE a lazy, inefficient, negligent person; a shirker; an idler …1971 Aust. sl. 
– SLENCH an idle fellow …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SLOUK * a lazy idle fellow …1570 Eng. dial.
– SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer …1577
– SLOW-BELLY a lazy, idle, or indolent person; a sluggard, a laggard …1607
– SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler …1882 Eng. dial.
– SOONER a weak idler; a lazy good-for-nothing …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– SPILL-TIME † an idler; a waster of time …1393
– TABSHAG a term of reproach for an idle person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp …Bk1878 Eng. dial.
– TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAIGLE an idle, lounging person; a dawdling slut …1930 Sc.
– TAILDRAFT an idler, one who holds back …20C Irish sl.
– TAISTREL, TAISTRIL, TAISTRILL a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness; a light, wanton, dirty, or careless woman; an idle slattern …Bk1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TALLACK, TALLOCK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman …1889 Eng. dial.
– TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman …1889 Eng. dial.
– TANTREL, TANTRELL, TANTRIL an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy …1684 Eng. dial.
– TAPPY a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl …1824 Sc.
– TAUPIE, TAWPIE a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; an idle or slovenly person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men …1728 Sc.
– TAYSTRAGGELT a loose, idle person …1864 Eng. dial.
– TAYSTRAYELT a loose idle person …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– THAT-A-DONNET the devil; an idle, worthless person …1781 Eng. dial.
– TIFFLER † a trifler, an idler …c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TIN-POTTER an idler, one who shirks their duties by claiming to be ill …1867 nautical sl.
– TOOT an idle or worthless person; a shiftless, lazy person; a simpleton, a fool; an oaf …1888 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TRANTRELL, TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy …1684 Eng. dial.
– TREAK an idle fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TROANT † a foolish, idle person; a lazy loiterer …1746 Eng. dial.
– URGER any parasite or loafer who incurs no risk himself; a sponger, an idler …1952 Aust. sl.
– VAGABOND a disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue …1686
– VAIG a wanderer; a vagabond; an idle person …1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WAFF a worthless person; a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company …1813 Sc.
– WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low,  immoral company …1808 Sc.
– WAFFINGER a confirmed vagrant and idler …1825 Sc.
– WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– WARB a lazy, disreputable or slovenly person; an idle person; a loafer …1933 Aust. sl. 
– WORB an idle, unkempt, or disreputable person …1933 Aust. sl. 
– YARRA BANKER an idler, a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River …L19 Aust. sl.
idle – verbs
– ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play …1897 Eng. dial.
– ARSE ABOUT to idle, to fool about; to waste time …1664 Brit.
– ARSE AROUND to idle, to loaf, to loiter, to fool about, to act irresponsibly, to trifle …1664
– ARSLE to loaf; to idle about restlessly; to be lazy and aimless …c1960 Amer. dial.
– ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle …1914 Amer. sl.
– ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle …1966 Amer. dial.
– ASSLE to loaf; to idle about restlessly; to be lazy and aimless …c1960 Amer. dial.
– AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BANDGE to idle, to loaf …1914 Amer. dial.
– BANGE to idle about, to loaf; to take advantage of another’s hospitality …1886 Amer. dial.
– BASH THE SPINE to idle, to waste time, to loaf around …1940s Aust. sl.
– BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly …1960 Amer. dial.
– BETTY to idle; to do petty work …1882 Eng. dial.
– CAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALF ROUND to idle about, to loaf …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COAST to idle; to relax …1981 US sl.
– COOSTER to idle, to potter around, to fuss …1895 Amer. dial.
– COOZE † to loiter aimlessly, to idle …1810 Eng. dial. 
– COUNT ONE’S THUMBS to sit idle …1901 Sc. 
– DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter …1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DAGGLE to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle …1827 Sc.
– DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter …1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DAIGLE to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle …1827 Sc.
– DAWK to idle …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEAD to loaf around; to idle …20C US sl.
– DEADBEAT to waste time; to idle about; to take advantage of, to impose on …1881 Amer. dial.
– DINK AROUND to idle or waste time …1978 US sl.
– DOG IT to act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, to idle; also, to hold back through fear or unwillingness to take a risk …1905 US sl.
– DROOL to waste time, to idle around …1920s sl., orig. Aust.
– FADE to idle; to waste time …1968 US sl.
– FAKE ABOUT to ‘knock about’; to waste time, to idle …Bk1900 Ireland
– FAKE OFF to loaf, to idle …1950s Amer. sl.
– FART-ARSE to spend time unproductively; to idle …1940s. sl.
– FART OFF to idle, to avoid responsibilities …1968 US sl.
– FAT ASS to loaf, to idle …1960s US sl.
– FEAK to flutter, to be officiously busy about trifles, to be idle, to fidget; to be uneasy or anxious …1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FIG AROUND to idle, to waste time …1966 Amer. dial.
– FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle …1968 Amer. dial.
– FILLY-FALLY † to idle, to dilly-dally …B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time …1892 sl.
– GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant …1892 Eng. dial.
– GAMFLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one’s work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic, to trifle …1808 Sc.
– GAMMER to idle; to saunter about …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly …1863 Eng. dial.
– GAMPHLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one’s work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic …1808 Sc.
– GANNICK to lark about; to play, to frolic; to loiter, to idle, to gossip …Bk1900 Eng. dial
– GAPE to idle, to wander …1966 US sl.
– GOOF to idle or waste time; to shirk one’s duties …1932 sl., chiefly US
– GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one’s duties …1932 sl., orig. military
– HACK to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time …1888 Amer. sl.
– HACK AROUND to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time …1888 Amer. sl.
– HACK OFF to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time …1888 US sl.
– HALLOCK ABOUT to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play …1897 Eng. dial.
– HAVE ONE’S FINGER UP ONE’S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act …1942 sl.
– HAVE ONE’S THUMB UP ONE’S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act …1958 sl.
– HAVE ONE’S THUMB UP ONE’S ASSHOLE to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act …1974 sl.
– HAVE THE GREYS, TO to be idle …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HOLD ON TO THE SLACK to be idle, with a suggestion of waiting for and desiring employment …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– JAMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner …1788 Sc.
– JAUMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner …1788 Sc.
– KAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– KICK (IT) to idle, to relax …1983 US sl.
– KICK AROUND to idle, to pass time doing nothing …1993 US sl.
– KNABBLE to chatter; to gossip; to idle about …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
​- KNOCK DOG to idle, to do nothing …20C W. Indies
– LACHES † to be idle, to be careless …1413
– LACHESSE † to be idle, to be careless …1413
– LADDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter …Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LAKE to idle, to trifle; to stop work, to be out of employment …1856 Eng. dial.
– LALDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLACK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLOCK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or design; to fool about …1862 US sl.
– LAMP to pass time idly, without purpose; to loaf; to relax …1988 US rap music usage
– LANDER to idle; to leave off work …1877 Eng. dial.
– LANTER to idle; to leave off work …1877 Eng. dial.
– LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax …1858 Amer. dial.
– LIE-BY to lie idle; to lie unused …B1900 Sc.
– LIE UPON ONE’S OARS to take things easily; to be idle …1726
– LILDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOAF to spend one’s time idly …1838
– LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1837 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1913 Amer. dial.
– LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about …1953 Amer. dial.
– LOLL-POOP †* to idle, to lounge …a1700
– LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design …1862 US sl.
– LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle …1882 Amer. dial.
– LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle …1965 Amer. dial.
– LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle …1851 Amer. dial.
– LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about …1966 Amer. dial.
– LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about …c1920 Amer. dial.
– LURK † to shirk work; to idle …1551
– LUSK † to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge laziness; to skulk …c1330
– MAFFLE to idle away time, to strive uselessly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAROON to idle, to hang about …1808
– MEECH to sneak, to slink, to skulk; to idle stealthily or shamefacedly about; to creep about softly; to cringe; to look ashamed …1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– MIKE to loiter, to idle way time, to loaf …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOKE to loaf or lounge about; to idle …1863 Eng. dial.
– MOOCH to move slowly or apathetically; to idle about, to loaf …1927 Amer. dial.
– MULLOCK to be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly …1854 orig. Eng. dial.
– MUSHRAT (AROUND) to idle, to dawdle …1923 Amer. dial.
– NANNICK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NANNOCK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIGGER AROUND (derogatory) to idle, to be lazy …1966 Amer. dial.
– NONNOCK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NONNUCK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NOODLE AROUND to idle or play around …Bk1995 US sl.
– NOSY AROUND to go about inquisitively; to idle about …1940 Amer. dial.
– PANDER to wander about aimlessly; to drift around in an idle, purposeless way; …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAMBLE ABOUT to idle about; to get into mischief …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANCH to idle; to spend time doing little, to waste time …1991 US sl.
– RAT to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger …1929 Amer. dial.
– RAT AROUND to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger; to lounge around doing nothing in particular …1857 Amer. dial.
– REST UPON ONE’S OARS to take things easily; to be idle …1836
– RIZZLE to enjoy a short period of absolute idleness after a meal …1890 Eng. dial.
– SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle …1979 Amer. dial.
– SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle …1963 Amer. dial.
– SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle …1937 Amer. dial.
– SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle …1949 Amer. dial.
– SANNICK to loiter, to idle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SANNOCK to loiter, to idle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAUVE ABOUT to go about in a in idle, foolish manner …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCAMP to go about in an idle manner, to roam, to rove around, often with the idea of intended mischief …1866 Sc.
– SCAPEGALLOWS AROUND to go about in an idle or reprehensible manner; to loaf …1953 Amer. dial.
– SCAWT ABOUT to skulk, to be lazy or idle; to stand or walk about doing nothing …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOOT to go about in a lazy, idle manner …1866 Sc. 
– SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work …1868 Eng. dial.
– SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly …E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SHOAL to roam or idle about; to loaf, to saunter …1953 Amer. dial.
– SHOOL to roam or idle about; to loaf, to saunter …a1874 Amer. dial.
– SHULE to roam or idle about; to loaf, to saunter …a1874 Amer. dial.
– SLIVE to idle, to loiter …1821 Eng. dial.
– SLONK to idle about …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SLOUNGE to go idling about, to go seeking for a dinner, lounging about and coming into the house of a friend or acquaintance at or near dinner time, as if accidentally …a1682
– SLUGGARDIZE * to make a sluggard of, make lazy or idle …a1616
– SONNOCK to loiter, to idle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– STOOGE to idle, to wait around …1940s sl.
– SWANK to idle; to work in a slow lazy fashion …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– TAFFLE to trifle, to idle, to loiter …1854 Eng. dial.
– TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANKLE to idle, to trifle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANT to potter or idle about …Bk1905 Eng. dial. ​
– TEATLE to dawdle, to trifle; to idle away time …1890 Eng. dial.
– TIDDYTOIT to loiter, to idle; to waste time …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TIFLE to trifle, to idle, to potter about; to do a little work in a trifling, idle way …1809 Eng. dial.
– TRAFFIC to wander, to move idly about …1913 Amer. dial.
– TRAFFIC ABOUT to wander, to move idly about …1913 Amer. dial.
– TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one’s time …1921 Sc.
– VAGUE † to roam, to stroll, to wander; to idle about … c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
– VAIG to roam, to stroll, to wander; to idle about …1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WALGAN to go about in an idle, slovenly manner, dressing in too large, slatternly clothing …1866 Sc.
– WALLY-DRAIGLE to go about in a dirty, idle way …Bk1905 Sc.
– YAWM to move about awkwardly or slowly; to stand gaping or idling; to saunter …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
IDLENESS – nouns
– BIG LAZIES, THE laziness; a strong inclination to idleness …1898 Amer. dial.
– BONE IN ONE’S HEAD, A a feigned reason for idleness …colloq.
– BONE IN ONE’S LEG, A a feigned reason for idleness …colloq.
– FAINEANCE * the quality or condition of being an idler or one who does nothing …1853
– FAINEANCY the quality or condition of being an idler or one who does nothing …1854
– IDLE † idleness …a1000
– IDLE-BEING † being idle, idleness …1562
– IDLEDOM idleness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLEHEAD † idleness …c1250
– IDLEHOOD idleness …c1540 arch.
– IDLELAIK † idleness …c1200
– IDLES, THE idleness as an affection or distemper …1616 colloq.
– IDLESET the condition of being reduced to idleness; want of employment …1591 Sc.
– IDLESS(E) idleness, viewed in a poetic or romantic light …1596 arch.
– IDLETY idleness …1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LAKING-BOUT a bout of idleness; a holiday …1865 Eng. dial.
– MIKE a period of idleness or shirking …1825 Brit. sl.
– OISIVITY idleness, indolence …1830 nonce word
– PIGRITUDE † slothfulness, laziness, idleness …1623
– SCOPPERLOIT † a time of idleness; a play-time …1691 Eng. dial.
– SLACK a spell of inactivity, idleness …M19 sl.
– THURGY-LURGY idleness …1855 Eng. dial.
– VACANTRY † vacancy, idleness, inoccupation …1606
idleness – phrases
– LAURENCE BIDS WAGES the attractions of idleness are tempting …1796
 
IDLING – adjectives
– CALLING gossiping, idling …1847 Eng. dial.
– LAKING idling, taking a holiday; playing truant …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOMPERING idling …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MOOCHING idling, loafing …M19 sl.
– ON THE DANDER idling about, on the spree …1880 Sc.
– ON THE SHACK idling or loafing about …1969 Amer. dial.
– SINTER-SAUNTERING idling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
idling – nouns 
– ARTISTING idling about …1890 Eng. dial.
– GAMMOCKING gossiping, idling …1839 Eng. dial.
– LOAFING aimless lounging; deliberate idling …c1850 orig. US
– LUSKING † an idling, a skulking …1579
– PANDERING aimlessness, idling …1884 Sc.
– POPJOYING †* idling; sport …1857
– SCAFF the act of going about idly, roaming around in search of amusement or on the scrounge …1866 Sc.
 
IDLY – adverbs
– EASEFULLY comfortably, idly …1611
– GAFTY idly …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– TOOMLY † idly, in an unoccupied manner …c1400