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IDLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having no employment

Synonyms:

idleness; idling; loafing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("idling" is a kind of...):

inactivity (being inactive; being less active)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idling"):

dolce far niente (carefree idleness)

Derivation:

idle (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb idle

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