different between lollygag vs lallygag

English

Alternative forms

• lallygag

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?l??æ?/

Verb

lollygag (third-person singular simple present lollygags, present participle lollygagging, simple past and past participle lollygagged)

1. (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.

   Synonyms: dawdle, shirk, slack, procrastinate; see also Thesaurus:shirk

2. (US, dated, 19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually.
   • 1946, Captain C. F. Behrens, MC, USN, quoted in Time Magazine, volume 47, part 1, page 74, 1946:

     Lovemaking and lollygagging are hereby strictly forbidden. […] The holding of hands, osculation and constant embracing of WAVES, corpsmen or civilians and sailors or any combination of male and female personnel is a violation of naval discipline. […]

Translations

Noun

lollygag (uncountable)

1. (US) Silliness, nonsense.

   He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• lollygag

Noun

lallygag (countable and uncountable, plural lallygags)

1. Horseplay, fooling around.
2. A layabout, one who lallygags.

   Synonyms: lollygagger; see also Thesaurus:idler

Verb

lallygag (third-person singular simple present lallygags, present participle lallygagging, simple past and past participle lallygagged)

1. (See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
2. (archaic, US) To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lallygag.