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goof off, Brit. Sl. skive, Brit. Sl. scrimshank.
2. pass time, wile away the hours, waste time, kill time, consume time; triffle, fritter, fool away, waste precious hours.
loafer, n. idler, do-nothing, slouch, sluggard, lounger, loller, faineant, Fr. fldneur, Brit, layabout, Sl. drugstore cowboy; malinger, shirker, clock watcher, Inf goldbricker, Sl. goof-off, Sl. featherbedder, Both Brit. Sl. skiver, scrimshanker; nonworker, drone, good-for-nothing, wastrel, ne'er-do-well, Inf. dead beat Sl. bum, Sl. lounge lizard; beachcomber, Inf. ski bum, Inf. surf bum, Inf tennis bum; Inf. lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, Inf. lazylegs, Inf. lazyboots.
loaferish, adj. 1. lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, faineant, do-nothing, otiose; unindustrious, unenterprising, unambitious, nonaggressive; shiftless, worthless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; lackadaisical, listless, Dial, limpsy; insouciant, carefree, easy-going, pococurante.
2. slow-moving, slow-going, creeping, crawling, Inf. poky; loitering, lagging, dillydallying, foot-dragging; stagnant, inert, torpid, supine, inactive; sluggish, lethargic, phlegmatic, dull, logy,
loam, n. clay, sand, clay loam, sandy loam, silt
loam; mud, silt, earth, ground, soil, fertile or rich soil.
loan, n. 1. lending, advancing, loaning, money-
lending; usury, Sl. loan-sharking, Sl. shylocking.
2. advance, allowance, accomodation; credit; (in World War II) lend-lease.
-v. 3. lend, advance, allow, credit, accommodate,
Sl. push; (in World War II) lend-lease.
loan shark, n. Informal, usurer, Shylock, moneylender, moneymonger; extortionist, extortioner, shakedown artist, blood-sucker, Sl. bleeder, leech; ex-acter, wrester.
loath, adj. reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, averse, not in the mood, Sl. not into, Sl. not psyched.
loathe, v. 1. abhor, abominate, execrate, detest, despise; hate, feel an aversion to, feel hostile toward, not be able to bear or abide, shudder at, shrink from, recoil from, blench from; contempt, scorn, anathematize, misprize; dislike, disrelish.
2. feel repugnance toward, feel disgust toward, feel distaste for, have no stomach or use or taste for, be unable to stomach, sicken at.
loathing, n. 1. abhorrence, execration, hate, hatred, abomination, odium, detestation, rancor, hostility, inimicalness, aversion, antipathy; enmity, contumely, virulence, rankling, ill will, bad blood, grudge, bitterness.
2. repugnance, revulsion, repulsion; disgust, distaste,
loathly, adv. reluctantly, unwillingly, aversely, re-sistingly, resistantly; hesitantly, hesitatingly, shyly, haltingly, slowly, laggardly, sluggishly, unhurriedly, unhurryingly.
loathsome, adj. 1. abhorrent, abominable, execrable, odious, heinous, anathematic, detestable, despicable, invidious, atrocious, hateful, Rare. loathful; dislikable, unlikable, insufferable, unendurable, unbearable, intolerable.
2. repulsive, repellent, noisome, offensive, annoying, revolting, atrocious, obnoxious, deplorable, repugnant, disgusting, rank, disagreeable; distasteful, unpalatable, sickening, nauseating, nauseous; vile, rank, reprehensible, contemptible, scornful; ugly, horrid, horrible, base,
lob, v. loft, hit or throw aloft, lift; throw, toss, chuck, fling; flip, shy, skip, skim; pitch, heave, hurl, hurtle,
lobby, n. 1. corridor, passage, passageway, hall, hallway, entrance, entranceway, entry, entree, entryway, entrance hall, foyer; vestibule, antechamber, anteroom, waiting room, reception room.
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