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Definition: Lollygag |
LollygagVerb1. Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lollygag" was first used: 1862. (references) |
Synonyms: LollygagSynonyms: footle (v), hang around (v), lallygag (v), linger (v), loaf (v), loiter (v), lounge (v), lurk (v), mess about (v), mill about (v), mill around (v), tarry (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | you lollygag the ball around the infield. (Bull Durham; writing credit: Ron Shelton.) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lollygag | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lollygag": lollygagged, lollygagging, lollygags. (additional references) | |
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"Lollygag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: polybag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-l-l-l-o-y" | |
-3 letters: alloy, allyl, gally, golly, loggy, lolly, loyal. | |
-4 letters: agly, agog, ally, gall, gaol, goal, lall, logy, loll, olla, yoga. | |
-5 letters: ago, all, gag, gal, gay, goa, goy, lag, lay, log. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-l-l-l-o-y" | |
+1 letter: lollygags. | |
+3 letters: lollygagged. | |
+4 letters: geologically, lollygagging. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 6F 6C 6C 79 67 61 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. --- .-.. .-.. -.--. --. .- --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101111 01101100 01101100 01111001 01100111 01100001 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L o l l y g a g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 006F 006C 006C 0079 0067 0061 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4681787891736773 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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