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Lounging

Lounge \Lounge\ (lounj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged (lounjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging (loun"j[i^]ng).] [OE. lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. longis, longin, said to be fr. Longinus, the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. longus long. Cf. Long,

  1. ] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

    We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.
    --J. Hannay.

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lounging

n. The act of one who lounges. vb. (present participle of lounge English)

WordNet
lounging

adj. lying in a relaxed manner [syn: lolling]

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Lounging

Lounging or Loungin' may refer to:

  • "Loungin'", a song from Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
  • " Loungin", a song by LL Cool J
  • "Loungin'", a song by Aim from his album FabricLive.17

Usage examples of "lounging".

She took stock of the chair, realizing its cushioned seat curved up to a high back, making it perfect for lounging in.

Several Organization gangsters were lounging around in the couches, drinking and talking as they were served by a non-possessed barkeeper.

She came out as Stephanie bounced her way up the slope, lounging against the tentpole, smiling softly.

They were both lounging on the bank above the little stream that gurgled its way along the clearing.

Kewwyd were lounging on the forward deck, relaxed in squatting postures as they contemplated both the seralune-lined islands through which their craft was loudly motoring and the looming crisis that might be nothing more than energetic rumormongering on the part of their enemies.

I want you lounging there, just as you are, but have a red scarf wrapped around your ankle.

Ekelund was waiting for them, lounging casually against one of the big spikes.

Behind them, lounging around a coffee-dispenser in an old VW van, were at least a dozen others, most of them large and bearded, and several so eager for violence that they had spent the whole night making chain-whips and loading up on speed to stay crazy.

I spent most of one Saturday afternoon with Pat lounging around a tin umbrella table beside the Watergate pool and talking lazily about politics in general.

People smoke it on the sidewalks, in doughnut shops, sitting in parked cars or lounging on the grass in Golden Gate Park.