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lounging

Variant of lounge

intransitive verb lounged, lounging

  1. to stand, move, sit, lie, etc. in a relaxed or lazy way; loll
  2. to spend time in idleness: they lounge around on street corners, wasting their lives

transitive verb

to spend by lounging: to lounge the summer away

noun

  1. an act or time of lounging
  2. Archaic a lounging gait or stroll
    1. a room, as in a hotel or theater, where guests or patrons may go to relax, socialize, smoke, etc.
    2. cocktail lounge
  3. a couch or sofa, esp. a backless one with a headrest at one end

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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